Surah Al-Ma'arij in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

Transliteration sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿin

English A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

1. سَأَلَsa-alaAsked
2. سَآئِلٌۢsāiluna questioner
3. بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābinabout a punishment
4. وَاقِعٍۢwāqiʿinbound to happen

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ

Transliteration lil'kāfirīna laysa lahu dāfiʿun

English To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

1. لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnaTo the disbelievers
2. لَيْسَlaysanot
3. لَهُۥlahuof it
4. دَافِعٌۭdāfiʿunany preventer

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

Transliteration mina l-lahi dhī l-maʿāriji

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

1. مِّنَminaFrom
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
3. ذِىdhīOwner
4. ٱلْمَعَارِجِl-maʿāriji(of) the ways of ascent

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

Transliteration taʿruju l-malāikatu wal-rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miq'dāruhu khamsīna alfa sanatin

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

1. تَعْرُجُtaʿrujuAscend
2. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
3. وَٱلرُّوحُwal-rūḥuand the Spirit
4. إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
5. فِىfīin
6. يَوْمٍۢyawmina Day
7. كَانَkāna[is]
8. مِقْدَارُهُۥmiq'dāruhuits measure
9. خَمْسِينَkhamsīna(is) fifty
10. أَلْفَalfathousand
11. سَنَةٍۢsanatinyear(s)

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا

Transliteration fa-iṣ'bir ṣabran jamīlan

English So be patient with gracious patience.

1. فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
2. صَبْرًۭاṣabrana patience
3. جَمِيلًاjamīlangood

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

Transliteration innahum yarawnahu baʿīdan

English Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
2. يَرَوْنَهُۥyarawnahusee it
3. بَعِيدًۭاbaʿīdan(as) far off

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا

Transliteration wanarāhu qarīban

English But We see it [as] near.

1. وَنَرَىٰهُwanarāhuBut We see it
2. قَرِيبًۭاqarībannear

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

Transliteration yawma takūnu l-samāu kal-muh'li

English On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. تَكُونُtakūnuwill be
3. ٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe sky
4. كَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'lilike molten copper

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

Transliteration watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni

English And the mountains will be like wool,

1. وَتَكُونُwatakūnuAnd will be
2. ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
3. كَٱلْعِهْنِkal-ʿih'nilike wool

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

Transliteration walā yasalu ḥamīmun ḥamīman

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

1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
2. يَسْـَٔلُyasaluwill ask
3. حَمِيمٌḥamīmuna friend
4. حَمِيمًۭاḥamīman(about) a friend

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

Transliteration yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-muj'rimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīhi

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

1. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚyubaṣṣarūnahumThey will be made to see each other
2. يَوَدُّyawadduWould wish
3. ٱلْمُجْرِمُl-muj'rimuthe criminal
4. لَوْlawif
5. يَفْتَدِىyaftadīhe (could be) ransomed
6. مِنْminfrom
7. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
8. يَوْمِئِذٍۭyawmi-idhin(of) that Day
9. بِبَنِيهِbibanīhiby his children

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

Transliteration waṣāḥibatihi wa-akhīhi

English And his wife and his brother

1. وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦwaṣāḥibatihiAnd his spouse
2. وَأَخِيهِwa-akhīhiand his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

Transliteration wafaṣīlatihi allatī tu'wīhi

English And his nearest kindred who shelter him.

1. وَفَصِيلَتِهِwafaṣīlatihiAnd his nearest kindred
2. ٱلَّتِىallatīwho
3. تُـْٔوِيهِtu'wīhisheltered him

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

Transliteration waman fī l-arḍi jamīʿan thumma yunjīhi

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

1. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
2. فِىfī(is) on
3. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
4. جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
5. ثُمَّthummathen
6. يُنجِيهِyunjīhiit (could) save him

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

Transliteration kallā innahā laẓā

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

1. كَلَّآ ۖkallāBy no means
2. إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it (is)
3. لَظَىٰlaẓāsurely a Flame of Hell

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

Transliteration nazzāʿatan lilshawā

English A remover of exteriors.

1. نَزَّاعَةًۭnazzāʿatanA remover
2. لِّلشَّوَىٰlilshawāof the skin of the head

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Transliteration tadʿū man adbara watawallā

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

1. تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūInviting
2. مَنْman(him) who
3. أَدْبَرَadbaraturned his back
4. وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāand went away

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

Transliteration wajamaʿa fa-awʿā

English And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

1. وَجَمَعَwajamaʿaAnd collected
2. فَأَوْعَىٰٓfa-awʿāand hoarded

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Transliteration inna l-insāna khuliqa halūʿan

English Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

1. ۞ إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe man
3. خُلِقَkhuliqawas created
4. هَلُوعًاhalūʿananxious

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

Transliteration idhā massahu l-sharu jazūʿan

English When evil touches him, impatient,

1. إِذَاidhāWhen
2. مَسَّهُmassahutouches him
3. ٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evil
4. جَزُوعًۭاjazūʿandistressed

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

Transliteration wa-idhā massahu l-khayru manūʿan

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

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. مَسَّهُmassahutouches him
3. ٱلْخَيْرُl-khayruthe good
4. مَنُوعًاmanūʿanwithholding

إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Transliteration illā l-muṣalīna

English Except the observers of prayer -

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. ٱلْمُصَلِّينَl-muṣalīnathose who pray

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

Transliteration alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim dāimūna

English Those who are constant in their prayer

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2. هُمْhum[they]
3. عَلَىٰʿalāat
4. صَلَاتِهِمْṣalātihimtheir prayer
5. دَآئِمُونَdāimūna(are) constant

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ

Transliteration wa-alladhīna fī amwālihim ḥaqqun maʿlūmun

English And those within whose wealth is a known right

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. فِىٓfīin
3. أَمْوَٰلِهِمْamwālihimtheir wealth
4. حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) a right
5. مَّعْلُومٌۭmaʿlūmunknown

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ

Transliteration lilssāili wal-maḥrūmi

English For the petitioner and the deprived -

1. لِّلسَّآئِلِlilssāiliFor the one who asks
2. وَٱلْمَحْرُومِwal-maḥrūmiand the deprived

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Transliteration wa-alladhīna yuṣaddiqūna biyawmi l-dīni

English And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. يُصَدِّقُونَyuṣaddiqūnaaccept (the) truth
3. بِيَوْمِbiyawmi(of the) Day
4. ٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) the Judgment

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

Transliteration wa-alladhīna hum min ʿadhābi rabbihim mush'fiqūna

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

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. هُمhum[they]
3. مِّنْminof
4. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
5. رَبِّهِمrabbihim(of) their Lord
6. مُّشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūna(are) fearful

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

Transliteration inna ʿadhāba rabbihim ghayru mamūnin

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

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
3. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) your Lord
4. غَيْرُghayru(is) not
5. مَأْمُونٍۢmamūninto be felt secure (of)

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ

Transliteration wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūna

English And those who guard their private parts

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. هُمْhum[they]
3. لِفُرُوجِهِمْlifurūjihimtheir modesty
4. حَـٰفِظُونَḥāfiẓūna(are) guardians

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Transliteration illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna

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

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. عَلَىٰٓʿalāfrom
3. أَزْوَٰجِهِمْazwājihimtheir spouses
4. أَوْawor
5. مَاmāwhat
6. مَلَكَتْmalakatthey possess
7. أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumrightfully
8. فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumthen indeed, they
9. غَيْرُghayru(are) not
10. مَلُومِينَmalūmīnablameworthy

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

Transliteration famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūna

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

1. فَمَنِfamaniBut whoever
2. ٱبْتَغَىٰib'taghāseeks
3. وَرَآءَwarāabeyond
4. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
5. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
6. هُمُhumu[they]
7. ٱلْعَادُونَl-ʿādūna(are) the transgressors

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

Transliteration wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūna

English And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. هُمْhum[they]
3. لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْli-amānātihimof their trusts
4. وَعَهْدِهِمْwaʿahdihimand their promise
5. رَٰعُونَrāʿūna(are) observers

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ

Transliteration wa-alladhīna hum bishahādātihim qāimūna

English And those who are in their testimonies upright

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. هُمhum[they]
3. بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْbishahādātihimin their testimonies
4. قَآئِمُونَqāimūnastand firm

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

Transliteration wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim yuḥāfiẓūna

English And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
2. هُمْhum[they]
3. عَلَىٰʿalāon
4. صَلَاتِهِمْṣalātihimtheir prayer
5. يُحَافِظُونَyuḥāfiẓūnakeep a guard

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

Transliteration ulāika fī jannātin muk'ramūna

English They will be in gardens, honored.

1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2. فِىfī(will be) in
3. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātinGardens
4. مُّكْرَمُونَmuk'ramūnahonored

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

Transliteration famāli alladhīna kafarū qibalaka muh'ṭiʿīna

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

1. فَمَالِfamāliSo what is with
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
4. قِبَلَكَqibalakabefore you
5. مُهْطِعِينَmuh'ṭiʿīna(they) hasten

عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

Transliteration ʿani l-yamīni waʿani l-shimāli ʿizīna

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

1. عَنِʿaniOn
2. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
3. وَعَنِwaʿaniand on
4. ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimālithe left
5. عِزِينَʿizīna(in) separate groups

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

Transliteration ayaṭmaʿu kullu im'ri-in min'hum an yud'khala jannata naʿīmin

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

1. أَيَطْمَعُayaṭmaʿuDoes long
2. كُلُّkulluevery
3. ٱمْرِئٍۢim'ri-inperson
4. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
5. أَنanthat
6. يُدْخَلَyud'khalahe enters
7. جَنَّةَjannataa Garden
8. نَعِيمٍۢnaʿīmin(of) Delight

كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration kallā innā khalaqnāhum mimmā yaʿlamūna

English No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

1. كَلَّآ ۖkallāBy no means
2. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
3. خَلَقْنَـٰهُمkhalaqnāhum[We] have created them
4. مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
5. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ

Transliteration falā uq'simu birabbi l-mashāriqi wal-maghāribi innā laqādirūna

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

1. فَلَآfalāBut nay
2. أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swear
3. بِرَبِّbirabbiby (the) Lord
4. ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِl-mashāriqi(of) the risings
5. وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِwal-maghāribiand the settings
6. إِنَّاinnāthat We
7. لَقَـٰدِرُونَlaqādirūna(are) surely Able

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

Transliteration ʿalā an nubaddila khayran min'hum wamā naḥnu bimasbūqīna

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

1. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[On]
2. أَنanto
3. نُّبَدِّلَnubaddila[We] replace
4. خَيْرًۭاkhayran(with) better
5. مِّنْهُمْmin'humthan them
6. وَمَاwamāand not
7. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
8. بِمَسْبُوقِينَbimasbūqīna(are) to be outrun

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūna

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

1. فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumSo leave them
2. يَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍū(to) converse vainly
3. وَيَلْعَبُوا۟wayalʿabūand amuse themselves
4. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
5. يُلَـٰقُوا۟yulāqūthey meet
6. يَوْمَهُمُyawmahumutheir Day
7. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
8. يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnathey are promised

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

Transliteration yawma yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi sirāʿan ka-annahum ilā nuṣubin yūfiḍūna

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

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. يَخْرُجُونَyakhrujūnathey will come out
3. مِنَminafrom
4. ٱلْأَجْدَاثِl-ajdāthithe graves
5. سِرَاعًۭاsirāʿanrapidly
6. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
7. إِلَىٰilāto
8. نُصُبٍۢnuṣubina goal
9. يُوفِضُونَyūfiḍūnahastening

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Transliteration khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun dhālika l-yawmu alladhī kānū yūʿadūna

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

1. خَـٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanHumbled
2. أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyesights
3. تَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhumwill cover them
4. ذِلَّةٌۭ ۚdhillatunhumiliation
5. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
6. ٱلْيَوْمُl-yawmu(is) the Day
7. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
9. يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnapromised