The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders — George Sale Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Certainty of the Punishment

سَأَلَ سَاۤىِٕلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ ۝١

One demanded and called for vengeance to fall on the unbelievers

sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿi

لِّلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ لَیۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ ۝٢

There shall be none to avert the sam

lil'kāfirīna laysa lahu dāfiʿu

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِی ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ۝٣

from being inflicted by God, the possessor of the steps

mina l-lahi dhī l-maʿārij

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَیۡهِ فِی یَوۡمࣲ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِینَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ ۝٤

by which the angels ascend unto Him, and the spirit Gabriel also, in a day whose space is fifty thousand years

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

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰا جَمِیلًا ۝٥

Wherefore bear the insults of the Meccans with becoming patience

fa-iṣ'bir ṣabran jamīla

إِنَّهُمۡ یَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِیدࣰا ۝٦

for they see their punishment afar off

innahum yarawnahu baʿīda

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِیبࣰا ۝٧

but We see it nigh at hand

wanarāhu qarība

یَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ۝٨

On a certain day the heaven shall become like molten brass

yawma takūnu l-samāu kal-muh'l

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ۝٩

and the mountains like wool of various colours, scattered abroad by the wind

watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'n

وَلَا یَسۡءَلُ حَمِیمٌ حَمِیمࣰا ۝١٠

And a friend shall not ask a friend concerning his condition, althoug

walā yasalu ḥamīmun ḥamīma

یُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ یَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ یَفۡتَدِی مِنۡ عَذَابِ یَوۡمِىِٕذِۭ بِبَنِیهِ ۝١١

they see one another. The wicked shall wish to redeem himself from the punishment of that day, by giving up his children

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

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِیهِ ۝١٢

and his wife, and his brother

waṣāḥibatihi wa-akhīh

وَفَصِیلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِی تُءۡوِیهِ ۝١٣

and his kindred who shewed kindness unto him

wafaṣīlatihi allatī tu'wīh

وَمَن فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِیعࣰا ثُمَّ یُنجِیهِ ۝١٤

and all who are in the earth; and that this might deliver him

waman fī l-arḍi jamīʿan thumma yunjīh

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ۝١٥

By no means: For hell fire

kallā innahā laẓ

نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ۝١٦

dragging them by their scalps

nazzāʿatan lilshaw

تَدۡعُوا۟ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝١٧

shall call him who shall have turned his back, and fled from the faith

tadʿū man adbara watawall

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰۤ ۝١٨

and shall have amassed riches, and covetously hoarded them

wajamaʿa fa-awʿ

۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ۝١٩

Verily man is created extremely impatient

inna l-insāna khuliqa halūʿa

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰا ۝٢٠

When evil toucheth him, he is full of complaint

idhā massahu l-sharu jazūʿa

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَیۡرُ مَنُوعًا ۝٢١

but when good befalleth him, he becometh niggardly

wa-idhā massahu l-khayru manūʿa

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّینَ ۝٢٢

Except those who are devoutly given

illā l-muṣalīn

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَاۤىِٕمُونَ ۝٢٣

and who persevere in their prayers

alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim dāimūn

وَٱلَّذِینَ فِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ۝٢٤

and those of whose substance a due and certain portion is ready to be give

wa-alladhīna fī amwālihim ḥaqqun maʿlūmu

لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝٢٥

unto him who asketh, and him who is forbidden by shame to ask

lilssāili wal-maḥrūm

وَٱلَّذِینَ یُصَدِّقُونَ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٢٦

And those who sincerely believe the day of judgment

wa-alladhīna yuṣaddiqūna biyawmi l-dīn

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ۝٢٧

and who dread the punishment of their Lord

wa-alladhīna hum min ʿadhābi rabbihim mush'fiqūn

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَیۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ ۝٢٨

-- For there is none secure from the punishment of their Lord: -

inna ʿadhāba rabbihim ghayru mamūni

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـٰفِظُونَ ۝٢٩

And who abstain from the carnal knowledg

wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūn

إِلَّا عَلَىٰۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَیۡرُ مَلُومِینَ ۝٣٠

of women other than their wives, or the slaves which their right hands possess; -- for as to them they shall be blameless

illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīn

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَاۤءَ ذَ ٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ۝٣١

but whoever coveteth any woman besides these, they are transgressors: -

famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūn

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰعُونَ ۝٣٢

And those who faithfully keep what they are intrusted with, and their covenant

wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūn

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَ ٰتِهِمۡ قَاۤىِٕمُونَ ۝٣٣

and who are upright in their testimonies

wa-alladhīna hum bishahādātihim qāimūn

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ یُحَافِظُونَ ۝٣٤

and who carefully observe the requisite rites in their prayers

wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim yuḥāfiẓūn

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ۝٣٥

These shall dwell amidst gardens, highly honoured

ulāika fī jannātin muk'ramūn

2 A New Nation to be raised

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِینَ ۝٣٦

What aileth the unbelievers, that they run before the

famāli alladhīna kafarū qibalaka muh'ṭiʿīn

عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِینَ ۝٣٧

in companies, on the right hand and on the left

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

أَیَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِىࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن یُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِیمࣲ ۝٣٨

Doth every man of them wish to enter into a garden of delight

AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٩

By no means: Verily We have created them of that which they know

kallā innā khalaqnāhum mimmā yaʿlamūn

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٤٠

I swear by the Lord of the east and of the west, that We are able to destroy them

falā uq'simu birabbi l-mashāriqi wal-maghāribi innā laqādirūn

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَیۡرࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ ۝٤١

and to substitute better than them in their room; neither are We to be prevented, if We shall please so to do

fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūn

فَذَرۡهُمۡ یَخُوضُوا۟ وَیَلۡعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٢

Wherefore suffer them to wade in vain disputes, and to amuse themselves with sport: Until they meet their day with which they have been threatened

Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

یَوۡمَ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ یُوفِضُونَ ۝٤٣

the day whereon they shall come forth hastily from their graves, as though they were troops hastening to their standard

yawma yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi sirāʿan ka-annahum ilā nuṣubin yūfiḍūn

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِی كَانُوا۟ یُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٤

Their looks shall be downcast; ignominy shall attend them. This is the day with which they have been threatened

khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun dhālika l-yawmu alladhī kānū yūʿadūn

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