| | Rashad Khalifa rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | A questioner may question the inevitable retribution. |
| 70:2 | | For the disbelievers, none can stop it. |
| 70:3 | | From GOD; Possessor of the highest Height. |
| 70:4 | | The angels, with their reports, climb to Him in a day that equals fifty thousand years. |
| 70:5 | | Therefore, you shall resort to a gracious patience. |
| 70:6 | | KHALIFA:For they see it far away. |
| 70:7 | | While we see it very close. |
| 70:8 | | The day will come when the sky will be like molten rocks. |
| 70:9 | | The mountains will be like fluffy wool. |
| 70:10 | | KHALIFA:No friend will care about his close friend. |
| 70:11 | | When they see them, the guilty will wish he could give his own children as ransom, to spare him the retribution of that day. |
| 70:12 | | Also his spouse, and his brothe |
| 70:13 | | Even his whole tribe that raised him. |
| 70:14 | | Even all the people on earth, if it would save him. |
| 70:15 | | No; it is aflame. |
| 70:16 | | KHALIFA:Eager to burn. |
| 70:17 | | It calls on those who turned away. |
| 70:18 | | Those who hoarded and counted. |
| 70:19 | | Indeed, the human being is anxious. |
| 70:20 | | If touched by adversity, despondent. |
| 70:21 | | If blessed by wealth, stingy. |
| 70:22 | | Except for the worshipers. |
| 70:23 | | Who always observe their contact prayers (Salat). |
| 70:24 | | Part of their money is set aside. |
| 70:25 | | For the poor and the need |
| 70:26 | | They believe in the Day of Judgment. |
| 70:27 | | They reverence their Lord's requital. |
| 70:28 | | Their Lord's requital is not taken for granted. |
| 70:29 | | They keep their chastity. |
| 70:30 | | (They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs |
| 70:31 | | anyone who transgresses these limits is a sinner. |
| 70:32 | | And the believers keep their word; they are trustworthy. |
| 70:33 | | Their testimony is truthful. |
| 70:34 | | They consistently observe their contact prayers (Salat) on time. |
| 70:35 | | They have deserved a position of honor in Paradise. |
| 70:36 | | What is keeping those who disbelieved from joining you? |
| 70:37 | | To the right, and to the left, they flee. |
| 70:38 | | How can any of them expect to enter the blissful Paradise? |
| 70:39 | | Never; we created them, and they know from what. |
| 70:40 | | I solemnly swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; we are able - |
| 70:41 | | KHALIFA:to substitute better people in your place; we can never be defeated. |
| 70:42 | | Therefore, let them blunder and play, until they meet the day that is awaiting them. |
| 70:43 | | That is the day they come out of the graves in a hurry, as if herded to the (sacrificial) altars. |
| 70:44 | | With their eyes subdued, shame will cover them. That is the day that is awaiting them. |
