ترجمة معاني سورة المعارج
باللغة الإنجليزية من كتاب ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي
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An inquirer has asked about a suffering which is bound to befall
the unbelievers. Nothing can ward it off,
as it comes from God, the Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
All the angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him, on a day the length of which is fifty thousand years.
Therefore, endure all adversity with goodly patience.
People think it to be far away,
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but We see it near at hand.
On the Day when the sky will be like molten lead,
and the mountains like tufts of wool,
when no friend will ask about his friend,
though they may be within sight of one another. The guilty one will wish he could ransom himself from the suffering on that Day by sacrificing his own children,
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his wife, his brother,
the kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
and all those on earth, if it could save him.
But no! It is the raging Fire
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that tears the skin away.
It will claim all who turn their backs, and turn away from the truth,
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amass riches and hoard them.
Man is born with a restless disposition:
when misfortune befalls him, he is fretful;
and when good fortune comes his way, he grows tight-fisted.
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Not so those who pray,
and always attend to their prayers;
who give a due share of their possessions
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to the one who asks [for help] and the one who is deprived;
who believe in the Day of Judgement;
who stand in fear of their Lord’s punishment,
for none may feel totally secure from their Lord’s punishment;
who guard their chastity
except with those joined to them in marriage, or those whom they rightfully possess – for then, they are free of all blame,
whereas those who seek to go beyond that [limit] are indeed transgressors;
who are faithful to their trusts and to their pledges;
who stand up for the truth when they bear witness;
and who attend to their prayers without fail.
They are the ones to be honoured in the Gardens of Paradise.
What is wrong with the unbelievers, that they run confusedly before you,
from the right and the left, in crowds?
Does every one of them hope to enter a garden of bliss?
No! We have created them from the substance they know.
By the Lord of all star risings and settings, We certainly have the power
to replace them with better people. There is nothing to prevent Us from doing so.
Leave them to indulge in idle talk and play until they face the Day they have been promised,
the Day when they shall come in haste from their graves, as if rallying to a flag,
with eyes downcast, with ignominy overwhelming them. Such is the Day they have been promised.
