The Ascending Stairways (Al-Ma‘arij)
Verses 15-35 GROUP_1519 70.15-35
15
كَلَّا إِنَّهَا لَظَى
But no! There is a raging blaze
16
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَى
stripping away his skin,
17
تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّى
and it will claim all those who turned their backs [on the true faith] and turned away [from the truth],
18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَى
and amassed wealth and hoarded it.
19
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا
Indeed, man is born impatient:
20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا
when misfortune touches him he starts lamenting,
21
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا
and whenever good fortune comes to him, he grows niggardly.
22
إِلَّا الْمُصَلِّينَ
But not so the worshippers
23
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ
who are steadfast in prayer;
24
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
those who give a due share of their wealth
25
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
to those who ask [for help] and to the destitute;
26
وَالَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ
and those who believe in the Day of Judgement
27
وَالَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ
and are fearful of the punishment of their Lord;
28
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ
for none may ever feel secure from the punishment of their Lord;
29
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ
those who preserve their chastity
30
إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
except from their spouses and those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock], for which they incur no blame—
31
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاء ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
but those who go beyond that limit are transgressors;
32
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
and those who are faithful to their trusts and to their pledges;
33
وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ قَائِمُونَ
and those who stand by their testimony
34
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
and are steadfast in their prayers.
35
أُوْلَئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ
They will be honoured in the Gardens of Bliss.
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Commentary
(a) These verses give a brief description of the qualities of two types of human beings: those who will be treated as entitled to enter Paradise and those whose deeds will cause them to be thrown into Hell on Doomsday.