| | Sher Ali rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | An inquirer inquires concerning the punishment about to befal |
| 70:2 | | The disbelievers, and which none can repel |
| 70:3 | | It is from ALLAH, Lord of great ascents |
| 70:4 | | The angels and the Spirit ascend to HIM in a day, the measure of which is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | So be patient with admirable patience |
| 70:6 | | They see it to be far off |
| 70:7 | | But WE see it to be nigh |
| 70:8 | | The day when the heaven will become like molten copper |
| 70:9 | | And the mountains will become like flakes of wool |
| 70:10 | | And a friend will not inquire after a friend |
| 70:11 | | Though they will be placed in sight of one another. The guilty one would fain ransom himself from the punishment of that day by offering his children |
| 70:12 | | And his wife and his brother |
| 70:13 | | And his kinsfolk who gave him shelter |
| 70:14 | | And by offering all those who are on the earth, if only thus he might save himself |
| 70:15 | | But no ! surely, it is a flame of Fire |
| 70:16 | | Stripping off the skin even to the extremities of the body |
| 70:17 | | It shall call him who turned his back and retreated |
| 70:18 | | And hoarded wealth and withheld it |
| 70:19 | | Verily, man is created impatient and miserly |
| 70:20 | | When evil touches him, he is full of lamentations |
| 70:21 | | But when good falls to his lot, he is niggardly |
| 70:22 | | Except those who pray |
| 70:23 | | Those who are constant in their Prayer |
| 70:24 | | And those in whose wealth there is a known right |
| 70:25 | | For those who ask for help and for those who do not ask |
| 70:26 | | And those who believe in the Day of Judgment to be a reality |
| 70:27 | | And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord |
| 70:28 | | Verily, from the punishment of their Lord none can feel secure |
| 70:29 | | And those who guard their private parts |
| 70:30 | | Except from their wives and from those whom their right hands possess; such indeed, are not to blame |
| 70:31 | | But those who seek to go beyond that, it is these who are transgressors |
| 70:32 | | And those who are watchful of their trusts and their covenants |
| 70:33 | | And those who are upright in their testimonies |
| 70:34 | | And those who are strict in the observance of their Prayer |
| 70:35 | | These will be in the Gardens, duly honoured |
| 70:36 | | But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they come hurrying on towards thee |
| 70:37 | | From the right hand and from the left, in different parties |
| 70:38 | | Does every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Bliss |
| 70:39 | | Never ! WE have created them of that which they know |
| 70:40 | | But nay ! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and of the Wests that WE have the powe |
| 70:41 | | To bring in their place others better than they, and WE cannot be frustrated in Our plans |
| 70:42 | | So leave them alone to indulge in idle talk and to sport until they meet that day of theirs which they are promised |
| 70:43 | | The day when they will come forth from their graves hastening as though they were racing to a target |
| 70:44 | | Their eyes cast down; and humiliation covering them. Such is the Day which they are promised |
