فَلَيْسَ So not falaysa for him lahu today l-yawma here hāhunā any devoted friend ḥamīmun
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
وَلَا And not walā any food ṭaʿāmun except illā from min (the) discharge of wounds ghis'līnin
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
لَّا Not lā will eat it yakuluhu except illā the sinners l-khāṭiūna
None will eat it except the sinners.
فَلَآ But nay falā I swear uq'simu by what bimā you see tub'ṣirūna
So I swear by what you see
إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, it (is) innahu surely (the) Word laqawlu (of) a Messenger rasūlin noble karīmin
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.
وَمَا And not wamā it huwa (is the) word biqawli (of) a poet shāʿirin little qalīlan (is) what mā you believe tu'minūna
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وَلَا And not walā (it is the) word biqawli (of) a soothsayer kāhinin little qalīlan (is) what mā you take heed tadhakkarūna
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
تَنزِيلٌۭ (It is) a revelation tanzīlun from min (the) Lord rabbi (of) the worlds l-ʿālamīna
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
وَلَوْ And if walaw he (had) fabricated taqawwala against Us ʿalaynā some baʿḍa sayings l-aqāwīli
And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
لَأَخَذْنَا Certainly We (would) have seized la-akhadhnā him min'hu by the right hand bil-yamīni
We would have seized him by the right hand;1
ثُمَّ Then thumma certainly We (would) have cut off laqaṭaʿnā from him min'hu the aorta l-watīna
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.1
فَمَا And not famā from you minkum any min one aḥadin [from him] ʿanhu (who could) prevent (it) ḥājizīna
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
وَإِنَّهُۥ And indeed, it wa-innahu (is) surely a reminder latadhkiratun for the Allah-fearing lil'muttaqīna
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.
وَإِنَّا And indeed, We wa-innā surely know lanaʿlamu that anna among you minkum (are) deniers mukadhibīna
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ And indeed, it wa-innahu (is) surely a regret laḥasratun upon ʿalā the disbelievers l-kāfirīna
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ And indeed, it (is) wa-innahu surely (the) truth laḥaqqu (of) certainty l-yaqīni
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
فَسَبِّحْ So glorify fasabbiḥ (the) name bi-is'mi (of) your Lord rabbika the Most Great l-ʿaẓīmi
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
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 happen1
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,
يَوْمَ (The) Day yawma will be takūnu the sky l-samāu like molten copper kal-muh'li
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,1
وَتَكُونُ And will be watakūnu the mountains l-jibālu like wool kal-ʿih'ni
And the mountains will be like wool,1
وَلَا And not walā will ask yasalu a friend ḥamīmun (about) a friend ḥamīman
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,