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سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ

The Ascending Stairways

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44 Ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ (36)

So what is the matter with the disbelievers that they rush ˹head-long˺ towards you ˹O Prophet˺,


عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ (37)

from the right and the left, in groups ˹to mock you˺?1


أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ (38)

Does every one of them expect to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?


كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ (39)

But no! Indeed, they ˹already˺ know what We created them from.1


فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَ (40)

So, I do swear by the Lord of ˹all˺ the points of sunrise and sunset1 that We are truly capable


عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ (41)

of replacing them with ˹others˺ better than them, and We cannot be prevented ˹from doing so˺.


فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ (42)

So let them indulge ˹in falsehood˺ and amuse ˹themselves˺ until they face their Day, which they have been threatened with—


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