| | Muhammad Taqi Usmani rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | A demanding person has asked for the punishment that is going to befal |
| 70:2 | | the disbelievers; there is no one to avert it |
| 70:3 | | (and it will come) from Allah, the Lord of the stairways |
| 70:4 | | to whom ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the length of which is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | So, observe patience, a good patience |
| 70:6 | | They see it far off |
| 70:7 | | and We see it near |
| 70:8 | | (This punishment will befall) on the Day when the sky will be like dregs of oil |
| 70:9 | | and the mountains will be like dyed wool |
| 70:10 | | and no friend will ask about any friend |
| 70:11 | | (though) they will be made to see each other. A guilty person will desire that he may be able to ransom himself from the torment of that day even by his sons |
| 70:12 | | and his wife and his brother |
| 70:13 | | and his kindred that sheltered him |
| 70:14 | | and all those on earth, then he may redeem himself |
| 70:15 | | By no means! It is the flaming fir |
| 70:16 | | that will pull out the skin of the scalp |
| 70:17 | | It will call him who had turned his back and fled away (from the truth |
| 70:18 | | and accumulated (wealth) and hoarded (it) |
| 70:19 | | Indeed man is created weak in courage |
| 70:20 | | very upset when touched by evil |
| 70:21 | | and very niggard when visited by good (fortune) |
| 70:22 | | except the performers of Salah |
| 70:23 | | who are regular in their Salah |
| 70:24 | | and those in whose riches there is a specified righ |
| 70:25 | | for the one who asks and the one who is deprived |
| 70:26 | | and those who believe in the Day of Judgment as true |
| 70:27 | | and those who are fearful of the torment of their Lord_ |
| 70:28 | | __Indeed the torment of their Lord is not something to be fearless from._ |
| 70:29 | | and those who guard their private parts |
| 70:30 | | except from their wives and those (slave-girls) owned by their hands,__ because they are not to be blamed |
| 70:31 | | but the one who seeks (sexual gratification) beyond that, then such people are the transgressors,_ |
| 70:32 | | and those who are careful about their trusts and covenants |
| 70:33 | | and those who are upright in their testimonies |
| 70:34 | | and those who take due care of their Salah |
| 70:35 | | Those will be honoured in gardens (of Jannah ) |
| 70:36 | | So what has happened to those who disbelieve that they are rushing towards yo |
| 70:37 | | from the right and from the left, in groups |
| 70:38 | | Does every one of them aspire to be admitted to the garden of bliss |
| 70:39 | | By no means! We have created them from what they know |
| 70:40 | | So, I swear by the Lord of the points of sunrise and those of sunset, We are powerfu |
| 70:41 | | to bring those better than them in their place, and We are not to be frustrated |
| 70:42 | | So, leave them involved in pastime and play until they encounter their Day, which they are promised |
| 70:43 | | the Day they will come out of the graves quickly, as if they were rushing toward idols |
| 70:44 | | with their eyes downcast, enveloped by ignominy. That is the Day, which they were being promised |
