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70. THE WAYS OF ASCENT (Al – Ma’arij )
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In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
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A questioner asked about the punishment to fall.
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For the infidels, there will be no defender for it.
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(It will be) from Allah, Possessor of the ways of ascent.
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The angels and the spirit ascend to Him, in a day (period), the measure
of which is fifty thousand years.
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So be patient with the patience that is good.
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They certainly see it far,
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while We see it near.
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The day when the sky will become like molten brass
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and the mountains will be like coloured wool
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and (even) an intimate friend will not inquire from another intimate
friend
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(though) they will be made to see each other. The criminal would love
to ransom himself from the punishment of that day by (sacrificing even)
his sons,
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and his wife and his brother
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and his family which gave him shelter,
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and whosoever is in the earth, all, (and) then save himself.
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By no means ! it is certainly a flaming fire
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taking off the skin.
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It will invite him who turned back (from the truth) and went away
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and amassed (wealth) then withheld (it).
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Man is certainly hasty (by) character;
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when evil afflicts him he is impatient
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and when good (even) touches him (he) is niggardly
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except the worshippers (those who offer salat)
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who are constant at their worship (salat)
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and in whose wealth there is a known (portion as the) right
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of one who asks and of one who is deprived (yet does not ask);
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and those who accept the truth of the day of judgment
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and those who are fearful of the punishment of their Fosterer,
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the punishment of their Fosterer is certainly (something from which)
one should not feel secure;
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and those who guard their private parts
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except from their wives or whom their right hands possess, so in their
case they are not to be blamed,
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but whoever seeks (something) beyond that, then those are the persons
who are transgressors;
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and those who are faithful to their trusts and their agreements;
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and those who stand firm on their testimonies;
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and those who are custodians of their worship (salat).
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They will be honoured in gardens. ( R 1 )
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So what is the matter with those who do not believe that they rush towards
you
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from your right and from your left, in groups?
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Does every man among them hope that he will be made to enter the garden
of bliss?
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By no means ! they know (the thing) from which We created them.
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So I do swear by the Fosterer of the rising places/times and setting
places/times (of the sun), that We are certainly able
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to replace (them by others) better than them and We are not to be overcome.
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So leave them involved in idle talk and play, till they meet their day
which they are promised.
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The day they will come out from their graves in haste, as if rushing
towards a goal,
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44. (with) their eyes
humbled, disgrace covering them, that is the day which they were promised.
( R 2 )
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