Surah 70. Al-Ma'arij

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Verses [Section]: 1-35[1], 36-44 [2]

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Quran Text of Verse 36-44فَمَالِSo what is withالَّذِیْنَthose whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelieveقِبَلَكَbefore youمُهْطِعِیْنَۙ(they) hasten عَنِOnالْیَمِیْنِthe rightوَ عَنِand onالشِّمَالِthe leftعِزِیْنَ (in) separate groups اَیَطْمَعُDoes longكُلُّeveryامْرِئٍpersonمِّنْهُمْamong themاَنْthatیُّدْخَلَhe entersجَنَّةَa Gardenنَعِیْمٍۙ(of) Delight كَلَّا ؕBy no means!اِنَّاIndeed Weخَلَقْنٰهُمْ[We] have created themمِّمَّاfrom whatیَعْلَمُوْنَ they know 70. Al-Ma'arij Page 570فَلَاۤBut nay!اُقْسِمُI swearبِرَبِّby (the) Lordالْمَشٰرِقِ(of) the risingوَ الْمَغٰرِبِand the settingsاِنَّاthat Weلَقٰدِرُوْنَۙ(are) surely Able عَلٰۤیToاَنْthatنُّبَدِّلَWe replaceخَیْرًا(with) betterمِّنْهُمْ ۙthan them;وَ مَاand notنَحْنُWeبِمَسْبُوْقِیْنَ (are) to be outrun فَذَرْهُمْSo leave themیَخُوْضُوْا(to) converse vainlyوَ یَلْعَبُوْاand amuse themselvesحَتّٰیuntilیُلٰقُوْاthey meetیَوْمَهُمُtheir Dayالَّذِیْwhichیُوْعَدُوْنَۙthey are promised یَوْمَ(The) Dayیَخْرُجُوْنَthey will come outمِنَfromالْاَجْدَاثِthe gravesسِرَاعًاrapidlyكَاَنَّهُمْas if they (were)اِلٰیtoنُصُبٍa goalیُّوْفِضُوْنَۙhastening خَاشِعَةًHumbledاَبْصَارُهُمْtheir eyesتَرْهَقُهُمْwill cover themذِلَّةٌ ؕhumiliationذٰلِكَThatالْیَوْمُ(is) the Dayالَّذِیْwhichكَانُوْاthey wereیُوْعَدُوْنَ۠promised

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Translation of Verse 36-44

36. So what is the matter with the disbelievers that they rush ˹head- long˺ towards you ˹O Prophet˺,

37. from the right and the left, in groups ˹to mock you˺? ¹²³⁴

38. Does every one of them expect to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?

39. But no! Indeed, they ˹already˺ know what We created them from. ¹²³⁵

40. So, I do swear by the Lord of ˹all˺ the points of sunrise and sunset ¹²³⁶ that We are truly capable

41. of replacing them with ˹others˺ better than them, and We cannot be prevented ˹from doing so˺.

42. So let them indulge ˹in falsehood˺ and amuse ˹themselves˺ until they face their Day, which they have been threatened with-

43. the Day they will come forth from the graves swiftly, as if racing to an idol ˹for a blessing˺, ¹²³⁷

44. with eyes downcast, utterly covered with disgrace. That is the Day they have ˹always˺ been warned of.

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Commentary

1234. Some Meccan pagans used to gather around the Prophet ( ﷺ ) to mock him and the believers, saying that if there is in fact a Hereafter, they are better entitled to Paradise than the poor believers.

1235. i.e., from a humble fluid. See 32:8.

1236. The daily points of sunrise and sunset, caused by the earth's rotation around its own axis.

1237. Or "... as if rushing towards a target."