Al-Ma'aarij (ٱلْمَعَارِج)

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70 - Al-Ma'aarij

سَاَلَ سَاۗىِٕلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَّاقِعٍ۝۱ۙ
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

English

Ahmed Ali

AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come

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لِّلْكٰفِرِيْنَ لَيْسَ لَہٗ دَافِعٌ۝۲ۙ
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun

English

Ahmed Ali

Upon the infidels -- which none would be able to repel --

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مِّنَ اللہِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ۝۳ۭ
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji

English

Ahmed Ali

From God, the Lord of the steps (of progression),

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تَعْرُجُ الْمَلٰۗىِٕكَۃُ وَ الرُّوْحُ اِلَيْہِ فِيْ يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُہٗ خَمْسِيْنَ اَلْفَ سَـنَۃٍ۝۴ۚ
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin

English

Ahmed Ali

To whom the angels and the soul take a day to ascend, whose length is fifty thousand years.

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فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيْلًا۝۵
Faisbir sabran jameelan

English

Ahmed Ali

So persevere with becoming patience.

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اِنَّہُمْ يَرَوْنَہٗ بَعِيْدًا۝۶ۙ
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan

English

Ahmed Ali

They surely take it to be far away,

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وَّنَرٰىہُ قَرِيْبًا۝۷ۭ
Wanarahu qareeban

English

Ahmed Ali

But We see it very near.

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يَوْمَ تَكُوْنُ السَّمَاۗءُ كَالْمُہْلِ۝۸ۙ
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli

English

Ahmed Ali

The day the sky becomes like molten brass,

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وَتَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِہْنِ۝۹ۙ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni

English

Ahmed Ali

The mountains like the tufts of (carded) wool,

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وَلَا يَسْـَٔــلُ حَمِيْمٌ حَمِـيْمًا۝۱۰ۚۖ
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman

English

Ahmed Ali

And no friend inquires after friend

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