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Surah Maarij
Surah Al-Ma'arij in Arabic, in English letters and with its meaning.
- 44 verses
- About 2 minutes to recite
- From the Qur'an
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allahi ar‑Rahmani ar‑Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
- 1
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
Sa'ala sa'ilun bi'adhabin waqi'
A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
- 2
لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ
Lil‑kafirina laysa lahu dafi'
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
- 3
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ
Mina Allahi dhi al‑ma'arij
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
- 4
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
Ta'ruju al‑mala'ikatu wa ar‑ruhu ilayhi fi yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamsina alfa sanah
(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
- 5
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Fasbir sabran jamila
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
- 6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا
Innahum yarawnahu ba'ida
Lo! they behold it afar off
- 7
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا
Wa narahu qariba
While we behold it nigh:
- 8
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
Yawma takunu as‑sama'u kal‑muhl
The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
- 9
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
Wa takunu al‑jibalu kal-'ihn
And the hills become as flakes of wool,
- 10
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
Wa la yas'alu hamimun hamima
And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
- 11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
Yubassarunahum yawaddu al‑mujrimu law yaftadi min 'adhabi yawma'idhin bibanih
Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children
- 12
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
Wa sahibatihi wa akhih
And his spouse and his brother
- 13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ
Wa fasilatihi allati tu'wih
And his kin that harboured him
- 14
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
Wa man fi al‑ardi jami'an thumma yunjih
And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
- 15
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ
Kalla innaha laza
But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
- 16
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ
Nazza'atan lish‑shawa
Eager to roast;
- 17
تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Tad'u man adbara wa tawalla
It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
- 18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ
Wa jama'a fa'aw'a
And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
- 19
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Inna al‑insana khuliqa halu'a
Lo! man was created anxious,
- 20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
Idha massahu ash‑sharru jazu'a
Fretful when evil befalleth him
- 21
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
Wa idha massahu al‑khayru manu'a
And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
- 22
إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ
Illa al‑musallin
Save worshippers.
- 23
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
Alladhina hum 'ala salatihim da'imun
Who are constant at their worship
- 24
وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
Wa alladhina fi amwalihim haqqun ma'lum
And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
- 25
لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِ
Lis‑sa'ili wa al‑mahrum
For the beggar and the destitute;
- 26
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Walladhina yusaddiquna biyawmi ad‑din
And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
- 27
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
Walladhina hum min 'adhabi rabbihim mushfiqun
And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
- 28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
Inna 'adhaba rabbihim ghayru ma'mun
Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
- 29
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ
Walladhina hum lifurujihim hafizun
And those who preserve their chastity
- 30
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Illa 'ala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fa'innahum ghayru malumin
Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
- 31
فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
Famani ibtagha wara'a dhalika fa'ula'ika humu al-'adun
But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
- 32
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ
Walladhina hum li'amanatihim wa'ahdihim ra'un
And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
- 33
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ
Walladhina hum bishahadatihim qa'imun
And those who stand by their testimony
- 34
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
Walladhina hum 'ala salatihim yuhafizun
And those who are attentive at their worship.
- 35
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
Ula'ika fi jannatin mukramun
These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
- 36
فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ
Famali alladhina kafaru qibalaka muhti'in
What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,
- 37
عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ
Ani al‑yamini wa'ani ash‑shimali 'izin
On the right and on the left, in groups?
- 38
أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ
Ayatma'u kullu imri'in minhum an yudkhala jannata na'im
Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?
- 39
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kalla inna khalaqnahum mimma ya'lamun
Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
- 40
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ
Fala uqsimu birabbi al‑mashariqi wal‑magharibi inna laqadirun
But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able
- 41
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
Ala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbuqin
To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
- 42
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Fadharhum yakhudu wayal'abu hatta yulaqu yawmahumu alladhi yu'adun
So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
- 43
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ
Yawma yakhrujuna mina al‑ajdathi sira'an ka'annahum ila nusubin yufidun
The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
- 44
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ
Khashi'atan absaruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun dhalika al‑yawmu alladhi kanu yu'adun
With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.
Text: The Qur'an, Arabic text in the Uthmani script (reading of Hafs from Asim). Meaning: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930. Copied word for word from the edition named here
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När den reciteras
Many Muslims recite Surah Al-Ma'arij during personal Qur'an reading or as part of their prayers. It has no prescribed time of day or season for general recitation. Its themes invite reflection on the Hereafter, patience and steadfastness in worship.
Varifrån den kommer
Surah Al-Ma'arij comes from the Qur'an and is generally classified as a Meccan surah. Its title is commonly translated as “The Ways of Ascent.” In the Islamic tradition, the Qur'an is God's revelation to the Prophet Muhammad.

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Frågor om Surah Maarij
How many verses are in Surah Al-Ma'arij?
Surah Al-Ma'arij has 44 verses.
What does Surah Al-Ma'arij discuss?
It describes the Day of Judgment and human tendencies toward anxiety and selfishness. It also describes faithful worshippers through their prayer, generosity, honesty and care for their responsibilities.
How long does it take to recite?
Allow about 2 minutes to recite it, though the time varies with pace and pauses.
Is there a special time to recite Surah Al-Ma'arij?
There is no prescribed time for its general recitation. Many Muslims read it during regular Qur'an reading or recite it in prayer.
What language is Surah Al-Ma'arij in?
Its original language is Arabic. The English letters help readers follow the Arabic pronunciation, while the meaning helps them understand the message.


















