| | Wahiduddin Khan rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | A doubter once demanded that punishment be immediately meted out |
| 70:2 | | to those who deny the truth. No power can hinder Go |
| 70:3 | | from punishing them. He is the Lord of the Ascending Stairways |
| 70:4 | | by which the angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him in one Day which will last for fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | Therefore, [O believers] behave with seemly patience |
| 70:6 | | They see it [the Day of Judgement] to be far off |
| 70:7 | | but We see it near at hand |
| 70:8 | | On that Day the heavens shall become like molten brass |
| 70:9 | | and the mountains will become like tufts of wool |
| 70:10 | | and no friend will ask about his friend |
| 70:11 | | though they shall be within sight of each other. The guilty one will gladly ransom himself from the torment of that Day by sacrificing his own children |
| 70:12 | | his wife, his brother |
| 70:13 | | and his kinsfolk who gave him shelter |
| 70:14 | | and all the people of the earth, if that could deliver him |
| 70:15 | | But no! There is a raging blaz |
| 70:16 | | stripping away his skin |
| 70:17 | | and it will claim all those who turned their backs [on the true faith] and turned away [from the truth] |
| 70:18 | | and amassed wealth and hoarded it |
| 70:19 | | Indeed, man is born impatient |
| 70:20 | | when misfortune touches him he starts lamenting |
| 70:21 | | and whenever good fortune comes to him, he grows niggardly |
| 70:22 | | But not so the worshipper |
| 70:23 | | who are steadfast in prayer |
| 70:24 | | those who give a due share of their wealt |
| 70:25 | | to those who ask [for help] and to the destitute |
| 70:26 | | and those who believe in the Day of Judgemen |
| 70:27 | | and are fearful of the punishment of their Lord |
| 70:28 | | for none may ever feel secure from the punishment of their Lord |
| 70:29 | | those who preserve their chastit |
| 70:30 | | except from their spouses and those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock], for which they incur no blam |
| 70:31 | | but those who go beyond that limit are transgressors |
| 70:32 | | and those who are faithful to their trusts and to their pledges |
| 70:33 | | and those who stand by their testimon |
| 70:34 | | and are steadfast in their prayers |
| 70:35 | | They will be honoured in the Gardens of Bliss |
| 70:36 | | But what is the matter with those who deny the truth, that they come hastening towards yo |
| 70:37 | | from the right and from the left, in crowds |
| 70:38 | | Does every one of them aspire to be admitted into a Garden of Delight |
| 70:39 | | Certainly not! They know quite well out of what We created them |
| 70:40 | | But nay! I call to witness the Lord of the Easts and the Wests, that We have the power doing this |
| 70:41 | | to replace them with others better than them: nothing can prevent Us from |
| 70:42 | | so leave them to indulge in vain idle talk and amuse themselves, until they face the Day which they have been promised |
| 70:43 | | the Day when they shall come out of their graves in haste, as if they were racing to a goal |
| 70:44 | | with downcast eyes and faces distorted in shame; such is the Day which they are promised |
