Al-Ma`ārij
The Ascending Stairways
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المعارج
سَأَلَ Asked sa-ala a questioner sāilun about a punishment biʿadhābin bound to happen wāqiʿin
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ To the disbelievers lil'kāfirīna not laysa of it lahu any preventer dāfiʿun
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِّنَ From mina Allah l-lahi Owner dhī (of) the ways of ascent l-maʿāriji
[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعْرُجُ Ascend taʿruju the Angels l-malāikatu and the Spirit wal-rūḥu to Him ilayhi in fī a Day yawmin [is] kāna its measure miq'dāruhu (is) fifty khamsīna thousand alfa year(s) sanatin
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَٱصْبِرْ So be patient fa-iṣ'bir a patience ṣabran good jamīlan
So be patient with gracious patience.
إِنَّهُمْ Indeed, they innahum see it yarawnahu (as) far off baʿīdan
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,