Surah Al-Ma'aarij (70): Read Online and Download - English Translation

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Information About Surah Al-Ma'aarij

Surah Al-Ma'aarij
سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ
Page 570 (Verses from 40 to 44)

Tafsir of Surah Al-Ma'aarij (Arberry: A. J. Arberry)

English Translation

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

English Transliteration

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqi waalmagharibi inna laqadiroona

No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests, surely We are able

English Translation

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

English Transliteration

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wama nahnu bimasbooqeena

to substitute a better than they; We shall not be outstripped.

English Translation

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

English Transliteration

Fatharhum yakhoodoo wayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee yooAAadoona

Then leave them alone to plunge and play until they encounter that day of theirs which they are promised,

English Translation

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

English Transliteration

Yawma yakhrujoona mina alajdathi siraAAan kaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoona

the day they shall come forth from the tombs hastily, as if they were hurrying unto a waymark,

English Translation

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

English Transliteration

KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allathee kanoo yooAAadoona

humbled their eyes, overspreading them abasement. That is the day which they were promised.
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