Noble Quran » English - Sahih International » Sorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent )
Choose the reader
English - Sahih International
Sorah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Verses Number 44
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ( 4 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 4](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ ( 11 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 11](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ( 14 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 14](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ( 17 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 17](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ ( 24 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 24](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
And those within whose wealth is a known right
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ ( 27 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 27](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ ( 28 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 28](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ( 30 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 30](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ ( 31 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 31](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ ( 32 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 32](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ( 34 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 34](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
فَمَالِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ ( 36 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 36](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],
عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ( 37 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 37](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ ( 38 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 38](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ( 39 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 39](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَارِقِ وَالْمَغَارِبِ إِنَّا لَقَادِرُونَ ( 40 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 40](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able
عَلَىٰ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ ( 41 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 41](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ( 42 )
![Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent ) - Ayaa 42](style/default/icons/mp3.png)
So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -