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Surah Al-Ma'arij

The Ascending Stairways · 44 ayahs · Makkah · Juz 29 · Page 568

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Surah Al-Ma'arij

Surah Al-Ma'arij is chapter 70 of the Quran, with 44 ayahs, revealed in Makkah. The surah begins in juz 29, on page 568 of the Madinah mushaf. Its name means “The Ascending Stairways”, and it was the 79th surah to be revealed. The Arabic follows the Uthmani text from Tanzil and the translation is Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2).

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

70:1

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 1

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen[1748]

Translator's notes

[1748] In the Hereafter. Disbelievers had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) by invoking Allāh to bring on His punishment. See 8:32.

Quran 70:1 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:2

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 2

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

Quran 70:2 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:3

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 3

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.

Quran 70:3 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:4

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 4

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

Quran 70:4 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:5

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 5

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

So be patient with gracious patience.

Quran 70:5 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:6

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 6

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

Quran 70:6 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:7

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 7

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا

But We see it [as] near.

Quran 70:7 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:8

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 8

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,[1749]

Translator's notes

[1749] Or "molten metal."

Quran 70:8 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:9

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 9

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

And the mountains will be like wool,[1750]

Translator's notes

[1750] i.e., in the process of disintegration.

Quran 70:9 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:10

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 10

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

Quran 70:10 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:11

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

Quran 70:11 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:12

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 12

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

And his wife and his brother

Quran 70:12 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:13

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 13

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

Quran 70:13 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:14

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 14

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

Quran 70:14 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:15

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 15

كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

No![1751] Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

Translator's notes

[1751] An emphatic refusal meaning "It is not to be."

Quran 70:15 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:16

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 16

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

A remover of exteriors.[1752]

Translator's notes

[1752] This refers to the skin of the head or of the body or to the body extremities - which will be burned away.

Quran 70:16 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:17

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 17

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

Quran 70:17 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:18

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 18

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

Quran 70:18 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:19

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 19

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

Quran 70:19 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:20

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 20

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

When evil touches him, impatient,

Quran 70:20 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:21

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 21

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

Quran 70:21 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:22

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 22

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Except the observers of prayer -

Quran 70:22 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:23

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 23

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

Those who are constant in their prayer

Quran 70:23 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:24

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 24

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

And those within whose wealth is a known right[1753]

Translator's notes

[1753] i.e., a specified share, meaning the obligatory zakāh.

Quran 70:24 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:25

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 25

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

For the petitioner and the deprived -

Quran 70:25 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:26

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 26

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

Quran 70:26 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:27

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 27

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

Quran 70:27 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:28

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 28

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

Quran 70:28 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:29

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 29

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ

And those who guard their private parts

Quran 70:29 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:30

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 30

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,[1754] for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

Translator's notes

[1754] i.e., female slaves.

Quran 70:30 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:31

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 31

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

Quran 70:31 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:32

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 32

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

Quran 70:32 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:33

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 33

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

And those who are in their testimonies upright

Quran 70:33 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:34

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 34

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

Quran 70:34 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:35

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 35

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

They will be in gardens,[1755] honored.

Translator's notes

[1755] In Paradise.

Quran 70:35 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:36

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 36

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],

Quran 70:36 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:37

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 37

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?[1756]

Translator's notes

[1756] They sat at a distance in order to oppose and mock the Prophet (ﷺ), claiming that they would enter Paradise before the believers.

Quran 70:37 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:38

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 38

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

Quran 70:38 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:39

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 39

كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.[1757]

Translator's notes

[1757] i.e., a liquid disdained. So how can they expect to enter Paradise except by the will of their Creator?

Quran 70:39 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:40

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 40

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings[1758] that indeed We are able

Translator's notes

[1758] i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), who determines the point at which the sun, moon and stars rise and set according to season and every position of observation.

Quran 70:40 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:41

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 41

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

Quran 70:41 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:42

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 42

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

Quran 70:42 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:43

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 43

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.[1759]

Translator's notes

[1759] i.e., just as they used to race, whenever an idol was newly appointed, to be the first of its worshippers.

Quran 70:43 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:44

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 44

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

Quran 70:44 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

Frequently asked questions

How many ayahs are in Surah Al-Ma'arij?

44 ayahs. Al-Ma'arij is chapter 70 and was revealed in Makkah.

Which juz is Surah Al-Ma'arij in?

Juz 29. Its first ayah is on page 568 of the Madinah mushaf.

What does the name Al-Ma'arij mean?

The name Al-Ma'arij means “The Ascending Stairways”.

Where do the Arabic text and the translation come from?

The Arabic is the Tanzil Uthmani text (version 1.1) and the translation is Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2). Both are shown exactly as published, unchanged.

Text sources

  • Arabic text · Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), Uthmani text version 1.1, CC BY 3.0, copied without changes

  • Translation · English Translation - Noor International Center · QuranEnc.com v1.1.2

  • Juz & pages · Tanzil Quran Metadata 1.0 (Madinah mushaf, 604 pages), CC BY 3.0