About Surah Al-Ma’arij:

Surah Al-Ma’arij (Arabic text: المعارج‎) is the 70th chapter of the Qur’an. The surah titled in English means “The Ascending Stairways” and it consists of 44 verses...

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1
Al-Fatiha

The opener

الْفَاتِحَة
2
Al-Baqarah

The cow

البقرة
3
Al-Imran

Family of Imran

آل عمران
4
An-Nisa

The Women

ٱلنساء
5
Al-Ma'idah

The Table Spread

ٱلمائدة
6
Al-Anam

The Cattle

ٱلأنعام
7
Al-A'raf

The Heights

ٱلأعراف
8
Al-Anfal

The Spoils of War

ٱلأنفال
9
At-Taubah

The Repentance

ٱلتوبة
10
Yunus

Jonah

يونس
11
Hud

Hud

هود
12
Yusuf

Joseph

يوسف
13
Ar-Ra'd

Thunder

الرعد
14
Ibrahim

Abraham

إبراهيم
15
Al-Hijr

The Stoneland

الحجر
16
An-Nahl

The Bee

الْنَّحْل
17
Al-Isra

The Night Journey

الإسراء
18
Al-Kahf

The Cave

الكهف
19
Maryam

Mary

مريم
20
Ta-Ha

Ta-Ha

طه
21
Al-Anbiya

The Prophets

الأنبياء
22
Al-Hajj

The Pilgrimage

الحج
23
Al-Mu'minun

The Believers

المؤمنون‎
24
An-Nur

The Light

النور
25
Al-Furqan

The Criterion

الفرقان
26
Ash-Shu'ara

The Poets

الشعراء‎
27
An-Naml

The Ants

النمل
28
Al-Qasas

The Story

القصص
29
Al-Ankabut

Spider

العنكبوت
30
Ar-Rum

The Romans

الروم
31
Luqman

Luqman

لقمان
32
As-Sajdah

Prostration

السجدة
33
Al-Ahzab

The Confederates

الأحزاب
34
Saba

Sheba

سَبَأ
35
Fatir

The Originator

فاطر‎
36
Ya-Sin

Ya Sin

يٰسٓ‎
37
As-Saffat

Those Who Set the Ranks

الصافات
38
Sad

The letter "Saad"

ص
39
Az-Zumar

The Troops

الزمر‎
40
Ghafir

The Forgiver

غافر
41
Fussilat

Explained in Detail

فصلت
42
Ash-Shura

The Consultation

الشورى‎
43
Az-Zukhruf

The Ornaments of Gold

الزخرف
44
Ad-Dukhan

The Smoke

الدخان
45
Al-Jathiyah

The Crouching

الجاثية‎
46
Al-Ahqaf

The Wind Curved Sandhill

اَلْأَحْقَافُ
47
Muhammad

Muhammad

محمد
48
Al-Fath

The Victory

الفتح
49
Al-Hujurat

The Private Chambers

الحجرات‎
50
Qaf

Qaf

ق‎
51
Adh-Dhariyat

The Scatterers

الذاريات‎
52
At-Tur

The Mountain

الطور‎
53
An-Najm

The Star

النجم‎
54
Al-Qamar

The Moon

القمر‎
55
Ar-Rahman

The Beneficent

الرحمن
56
Al-Waqi'ah

The Inevitable

الواقعة‎
57
Al-Hadid

The Iron

الحديد
58
Al-Mujadila

The Pleading Women

المجادلة‎
59
Al-Hashr

The Exile

الحشر‎
60
Al-Mumtahanah

She That is to be Examined

الممتحنة‎
61
As-Saff

The Ranks

الصف‎
62
Al-Jumu'ah

Congregation Prayer

الجمعة‎
63
Al-Munafiqun

The Hypocrites

المنافقون‎
64
At-Taghabun

Mutual Disposession

التغابن‎
65
At-Talaq

The Divorce

الطلاق‎
66
At-Tahrim

The Prohibition

التحريم‎
67
Al-Mulk

The Sovereignty

الملك‎
68
Al-Qalam

The Pen

القلم‎
69
Al-Haqqah

The Reality

الحاقة‎
70
Al-Ma'arij

The Ascending Stairways

المعارج‎
71
Nuh

Noah

نوح‎
72
Al-Jinn

The Jinn

الجن‎
73
Al-Muzzammil

The Enshrouded One

المزمل‎
74
Al-Muddaththir

The Cloaked One

ٱلْمُدَّثِّر‎
75
Al-Qiyamah

The Resurrection

القيامة‎
76
Al-Insan

The Man

الإنسان
77
Al-Mursalat

The Emissaries

المرسلات‎
78
An-Naba

The Tidings

النبأ‎
79
An-Nazi'at

Those who drag forth

النازعات‎
80
Abasa

He Frowned

عبس‎
81
At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

التكوير‎
82
Al-Infitar

The Cleaving

الانفطار‎
83
Al-Mutaffifin

The Defrauding

المطففين‎
84
Al-Inshiqaq

The Sundering

الانشقاق‎
85
Al-Buruj

The Mansions of the Stars

البروج‎
86
At-Tariq

The Nightcommer

الطارق‎
87
Al-Ala

The Most High

الأعلى‎
88
Al-Ghashiyah

The Overwhelming

الغاشية‎
89
Al-Fajr

The Dawn

الفجر‎
90
Al-Balad

The City

البلد‎
91
Ash-Shams

The Sun

الشمس‎
92
Al-Lail

The Night

الليل‎
93
Ad-Duha

The Morning Brightness

الضحى‎
94
Ash-Sharh

The Expansion

الشرح
95
At-Tin

The Fig

التين
96
Al-Alaq

The Blood Clot

العلق‎
97
Al-Qadr

The Power

القدر‎
98
Al-Bayyina

The Evidence

البينة‎
99
Az-Zalzalah

The Earthquake

الزلزلة
100
Al-Adiyat

The Courser

العاديات‎
101
Al-Qari'ah

The Calamity

القارعة‎
102
At-Takathur

Vying for increase

التكاثر‎
103
Al-Asr

The Declining Day

العصر‎
104
Al-Humazah

The Slanderer

ٱلهُمَزَة
105
Al-Fil

The Elephant

ٱلفِيل
106
Quraysh

Quraish

قُرَيْش‎
107
Al-Ma'un

The Small Kindness

ألمَاعُون‎
108
Al-Kawthar

The Abundance

ٱلكَوْثَر
109
Al-Kafirun

The Disbelievers

ألكَافِرُونَ‎
110
An-Nasr

The Divine Support

ألنَّصْر‎
111
Al-Masad

The Palm Fiber

ألْمَسَدْ‎
112
Al-Ikhlas

The Sincerity

الْإِخْلَاص
113
Al-Falaq

The Daybreak

اَلْفَلَق‎
114
An-Nas

The Mankind

الناس‎

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Yusuf Ali
Abul Ala Maududi
Muhsin Khan
Pickthall
Dr. Ghali
Abdul Haleem
Urdu - Muhammad Junagarhi
Hindi - Suhel Farooq Khan
Malay - Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem
Sahih International:
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ
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Sa’ala saaa’ilun bi ‘azaabinw waaqi’
Sahih International:
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ
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Lil kaafireena laisa lahoo daafi’
Sahih International:
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ
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Minal laahi zil ma’aarij
Sahih International:
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ
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Ta’rujul malaaa’ikatu war Roohu ilaihi fee yawmin kaana miqdaaruhoo khamseena alfa sanah
Sahih International:
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا
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Fasbir sabran jameelaa
Sahih International:
So be patient with gracious patience.

إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا
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Inaahum yarawnahoo ba’eedaa
Sahih International:
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا
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Wa naraahu qareebaa
Sahih International:
But We see it [as] near.

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ
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Yawma takoonus samaaa’u kalmuhl
Sahih International:
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ
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Wa takoonul jibaalu kal’ihn
Sahih International:
And the mountains will be like wool,

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا
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Wa laa yas’alu hameemun hameemaa
Sahih International:
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ
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Yubassaroonahum; ya waddul mujrimu law yaftadee min ‘azaabi yawma’izim bibaneeh
Sahih International:
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
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Wa saahibatihee wa akheeh
Sahih International:
And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ
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Wa faseelathil latee tu’weeh
Sahih International:
And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
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Wa man fil ardi jamee’an summa yunjeeh
Sahih International:
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
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Kallaa innahaa lazaa
Sahih International:
No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ
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Nazzaa’atal lishshawaa
Sahih International:
A remover of exteriors.

تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
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Tad’oo man adbara wa tawallaa
Sahih International:
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ
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Wa jama’a fa aw’aa
Sahih International:
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
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Innal insaana khuliqa haloo’aa
Sahih International:
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا
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Izaa massahush sharru jazoo’aa
Sahih International:
When evil touches him, impatient,

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا
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Wa izaa massahul khairu manoo’aa
Sahih International:
And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ
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Illal musalleen
Sahih International:
Except the observers of prayer –

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ
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Allazeena hum ‘alaa Salaatihim daaa’imoon
Sahih International:
Those who are constant in their prayer

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ
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Wallazeena feee amwaalihim haqqun ma’loom
Sahih International:
And those within whose wealth is a known right

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ
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Lissaaa ‘ili walmahroom
Sahih International:
For the petitioner and the deprived –

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
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Wallazeena yusaddiqoona bi yawmid Deen
Sahih International:
And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ
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Wallazeena hum min ‘azaabi Rabbihim mushfiqoon
Sahih International:
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord –

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ
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Inna ‘azaaba Rabbihim ghairu ma’ moon
Sahih International:
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe –

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ
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Wallazeena hum li furoojihim haafizoon
Sahih International:
And those who guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ
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Illaa ‘alaaa azwaajihim aw maa malakat aymaanuhum fa innahum ghairu maloomeen
Sahih International:
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed –

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ
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Famanib taghaa waraaa’a zaalika fa ulaaa’ika humul ‘aadoon
Sahih International:
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors –

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ
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Wallazeena hum li amaanaatihim wa ‘ahdihim raa’oon
Sahih International:
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ
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Wallazeena hum bi shahaadaatihim qaaa’imoon
Sahih International:
And those who are in their testimonies upright

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ
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Wallazeena hum ‘alaa salaatihim yuhaafizoon
Sahih International:
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ
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Ulaaa’ika fee jannaatim mukramoon
Sahih International:
They will be in gardens, honored.

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ
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Famaa lil lazeena kafaroo qibalaka muhti’een
Sahih International:
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
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‘Anil yameeni wa ‘anish shimaali ‘izeen
Sahih International:
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ
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Ayatma’u kullum ri’im minhum anyyudkhala jannata Na’eem
Sahih International:
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ
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Kallaaa innaa khalaq nahum mimmaa ya’lamoon
Sahih International:
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
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Falaaa uqsimu bi Rabbil mashaariqi wal maghaaribi innaa laqaadiroon
Sahih International:
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ
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‘Alaaa an nubaddila khairan minhum wa maa nahnu bi masbooqeen
Sahih International:
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ
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Fazarhum yakhoodoo wa yal’aboo hattaa yulaaqoo yawma humul lazee yoo’adoon
Sahih International:
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised –

يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ
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Yawma yakhrujoona minal ajdaasi siraa’an ka anna hum ilaa nusubiny yoofidoon
Sahih International:
The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ
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Khaashi’atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillah; zaalikal yawmul lazee kaanoo yoo’adoon
Sahih International:
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

 

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Hadith on health and time:
It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Sa’eed bin Abu Hind that his father said: “I heard Ibn ‘Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Two blessings which many people squander: Good health and free time.’”

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