Surah Al-Maarij - English Translation by Abul Ala Maududi

سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ

A beseecher besought the visitation of chastisement
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 1

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ

(a chastisement meant) for the unbelievers, one which none can avert
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 2

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

a chastisement from Allah, the Lord of the ascending steps
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 3

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ

by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in one Day the duration of which is fifty thousand years
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 4

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا

So, (O Prophet), persevere with gracious perseverance
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 5

إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا

Verily they think that the chastisement is far off
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 6

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا

while We think that it is near at hand
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 7

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

It shall befall on a Day whereon the sky will become like molten brass
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 8

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

and the mountains will become like dyed tufts of wool
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 9

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا

and no bosom friend will enquire about any of his bosom friends
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 10

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ

although they shall be within sight of one another. The guilty one would fain ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his children
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 11

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

and his spouse and his brother
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 12

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ

and his kinsfolk who had stood by him
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 13

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

and all persons of the earth, if only he could thus save himself
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 14

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

By no means! It will be the fierce flame
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 15

نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

that will strip off the scalp
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 16

تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

It shall insistently summon him who turned his back and retreated
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 17

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ

and amassed wealth and covetously hoarded it
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 18

۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Verily man is impatient by nature
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 19

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا

bewailing when evil befalls him
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 20

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا

and tight-fisted when good fortune visits him
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 21

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

except those that pray
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 22

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ

and are constant in their Prayer
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 23

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

and those in whose wealth there is a known right
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 24

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

for those that ask and those that are dispossessed
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 25

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

those who firmly believe in the Day of Recompense
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 26

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ

and fear the chastisement of their Lord –
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 27

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ

surely the chastisement of their Lord is a thing none can feel secure from –
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 28

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ

and those who guard their private parts
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 29

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ

except in regard to their spouses and those whom their right hands possess, for in regard to them they are not reproachable
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 30

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ

but any who seeks to go beyond that, it is indeed they who are the transgressors
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 31

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ

and those who fulfil their trusts and their covenants
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 32

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ

and those who are upright in their testimonies
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 33

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ

and who take due care of their Prayer
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 34

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ

all these shall live honourably in the Gardens
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 35

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ

But what is the matter with the unbelievers who are hurrying towards you
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 36

عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

in crowds, both on the right and on the left
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 37

أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ

Does everyone of them wish to enter the Garden of Bliss
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 38

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ

By no means! They know that which We have created them from
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 39

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We have the power
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 40

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

to replace them by others who would be better than they; and We shall certainly not be overpowered
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 41

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

So leave them to engage in vain talk and to amuse themselves until they come face to face with the Day which they are promised
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 42

يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ

the Day on which they will hastily come forth from their graves, as though they were hurrying on to the altars of their deities
Surah Al-Maarij, Verse 43