The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders — Munir Mezyed Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Certainty of the Punishment

سَأَلَ سَاۤىِٕلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ ۝١

A questioner asked concerning an imminent chastisement

sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿi

لِّلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ لَیۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ ۝٢

For those who lack faith in Allâh, which none can avert,

lil'kāfirīna laysa lahu dāfiʿu

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِی ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ۝٣

From Allâh, the Lord of the Ascending Stairways.

mina l-lahi dhī l-maʿārij

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

The ‘Angels’ and the Spirit (Archangel ‘Gabriel’) ascend to Him in a day whereof the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

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

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰا جَمِیلًا ۝٥

Therefore, resort to patience and constancy, (O' Muhammad), with an amiable patience.

fa-iṣ'bir ṣabran jamīla

إِنَّهُمۡ یَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِیدࣰا ۝٦

Indeed, they see that (‘Day’) as a far-off (event).

innahum yarawnahu baʿīda

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِیبࣰا ۝٧

While We see it very near.

wanarāhu qarība

یَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ۝٨

The day will come when the heavens become like molten copper

yawma takūnu l-samāu kal-muh'l

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ۝٩

And the mountains like flakes of wool.

watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'n

وَلَا یَسۡءَلُ حَمِیمٌ حَمِیمࣰا ۝١٠

And no friend would care about his close friend

walā yasalu ḥamīmun ḥamīma

یُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ یَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ یَفۡتَدِی مِنۡ عَذَابِ یَوۡمِىِٕذِۭ بِبَنِیهِ ۝١١

Though they are made to see each other. The ungodly sinner wishes he would be able to ransom himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,

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

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِیهِ ۝١٢

His wife, his brother,

waṣāḥibatihi wa-akhīh

وَفَصِیلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِی تُءۡوِیهِ ۝١٣

And his kinsfolk who sheltered him,

wafaṣīlatihi allatī tu'wīh

وَمَن فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِیعࣰا ثُمَّ یُنجِیهِ ۝١٤

Even all the people on earth, if that would save him.

waman fī l-arḍi jamīʿan thumma yunjīh

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ۝١٥

But nay! Indeed, it is a Flaming Fire,

kallā innahā laẓ

نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ۝١٦

Extremely eager for burning.

nazzāʿatan lilshaw

تَدۡعُوا۟ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ۝١٧

It will claim the one who takes in his self-deceived beliefs for the epistemic,

tadʿū man adbara watawall

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰۤ ۝١٨

Hoarded wealth and withheld it.

wajamaʿa fa-awʿ

۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ۝١٩

Verily, man was created restless,

inna l-insāna khuliqa halūʿa

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰا ۝٢٠

Extremely anxious when he is touched by evil,

idhā massahu l-sharu jazūʿa

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَیۡرُ مَنُوعًا ۝٢١

Niggardly when he is touched by richness;

wa-idhā massahu l-khayru manūʿa

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّینَ ۝٢٢

Except for those who pray (to Allâh),

illā l-muṣalīn

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَاۤىِٕمُونَ ۝٢٣

And who are persistent in performing their prayer,

alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim dāimūn

وَٱلَّذِینَ فِیۤ أَمۡوَ ٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ ۝٢٤

And in whose wealth, there is a known right

wa-alladhīna fī amwālihim ḥaqqun maʿlūmu

لِّلسَّاۤىِٕلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ۝٢٥

For the beggar and the needy,

lilssāili wal-maḥrūm

وَٱلَّذِینَ یُصَدِّقُونَ بِیَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٢٦

And those who acknowledge (the existence of) the ‘Day of Judgment’,

wa-alladhīna yuṣaddiqūna biyawmi l-dīn

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ۝٢٧

wa-alladhīna hum min ʿadhābi rabbihim mush'fiqūn

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَیۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ ۝٢٨

Indeed, the chastisement of their Lord is a thing not to be ignored-

inna ʿadhāba rabbihim ghayru mamūni

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـٰفِظُونَ ۝٢٩

And those who guard their chastity,

wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūn

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

Except from their wives and those whom their right hands possess, in such a case they are not blameworthy,

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

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَاۤءَ ذَ ٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ۝٣١

But whoever goes beyond this is a transgressor;

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

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰعُونَ ۝٣٢

And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant,

wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūn

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَ ٰتِهِمۡ قَاۤىِٕمُونَ ۝٣٣

Those who act uprightly in their testimonies,

wa-alladhīna hum bishahādātihim qāimūn

وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ یُحَافِظُونَ ۝٣٤

And those who always maintain their prayer.

wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim yuḥāfiẓūn

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ۝٣٥

These will settle in Gardens, honored.

ulāika fī jannātin muk'ramūn

2 A New Nation to be raised

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِینَ ۝٣٦

But what is the matter with those who lack faith in Allâh that they rush madly before you

famāli alladhīna kafarū qibalaka muh'ṭiʿīn

عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِینَ ۝٣٧

From the right and from the left, in crowds?

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

أَیَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِىࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن یُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِیمࣲ ۝٣٨

Does every one of them hope to enter the Paradise of Bliss?

AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum an yudkhala jannata naAAeemin

كَلَّاۤۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٩

Nay, indeed, We have created them out of what they know.

kallā innā khalaqnāhum mimmā yaʿlamūn

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٤٠

But nay! I swear by the Lord of the eastern and western regions that We are certainly able

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

عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَیۡرࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِینَ ۝٤١

To replace them by others better than them. We are not to be outrun.

fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī yūʿadūn

فَذَرۡهُمۡ یَخُوضُوا۟ وَیَلۡعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی یُوعَدُونَ ۝٤٢

Therefore, leave them alone to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their day which they are promised.

Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

یَوۡمَ یَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ یُوفِضُونَ ۝٤٣

The day will come when they come out of the graves in haste as though they were racing to a goal

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

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

With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, while humiliation covering them. Such is the day which they are promised.

khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun dhālika l-yawmu alladhī kānū yūʿadūn

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