| | Abdul Majid Daryabadi rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | There hath asked an asker for the torment about to befall |
| 70:2 | | The infidels, of which there is no averter |
| 70:3 | | From Allah, Owner of the ascending steps |
| 70:4 | | Whereby the angels ascend Unto Him and also the spirit, On a Day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | Wherefore be thou patient with a becoming patience |
| 70:6 | | Verily they behold it afar off |
| 70:7 | | And We behold it nigh |
| 70:8 | | It shall befall on a Day whereon the heaven shall become like Unto dregs of oil |
| 70:9 | | And then the mountains shall become like Unto wool dyed |
| 70:10 | | And not a friend shall ask a friend |
| 70:11 | | Though they shall be made to see one another. Fain would the guilty ransom himself from the torment of that Day by his children |
| 70:12 | | And his spouse and his brother |
| 70:13 | | And his kin that sheltered him |
| 70:14 | | And all who are on the earth; so that this might deliver him |
| 70:15 | | By no means! Verily it is a Flame |
| 70:16 | | Flaying off the scalp-skin |
| 70:17 | | It shall calll him who turneth back and backslideth |
| 70:18 | | And masseth and then hoardeth |
| 70:19 | | Verily man is formed impatient |
| 70:20 | | When evil toucheth him, he is bewailing |
| 70:21 | | And when good toucheth him he is begrudging |
| 70:22 | | Not so are the prayerful |
| 70:23 | | Who are at their prayer constant |
| 70:24 | | And those in whose riches is a known right |
| 70:25 | | For the beggar and the destitute |
| 70:26 | | And those who testify to the Day of Requital |
| 70:27 | | And those who are fearful of their Lord's torment |
| 70:28 | | Verily the torment of their Lord is not a thing to feel secure from |
| 70:29 | | And those who of their private parts are guards |
| 70:30 | | Save in regard to their spouses or those whom their right hands own; so verily they are not blameworthy |
| 70:31 | | And whosoever seeketh beyond that, then it is those who are the trespasser |
| 70:32 | | And those who of their trusts and their covenant are keepers |
| 70:33 | | And those who stand firm in their testimonies |
| 70:34 | | And those who of their prayer are observant |
| 70:35 | | Those shall dwell in Gardens, honoured |
| 70:36 | | What aileth those who disbelieve, toward thee hastening |
| 70:37 | | On the right and on the left, in companies |
| 70:38 | | Coveteth every man of them, that he shall enter the Garden of Delight |
| 70:39 | | By no means! veriiy We! We have created them from that which they know |
| 70:40 | | I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests, that, vierly We are Able |
| 70:41 | | To replace them by others better than they; and We are not to be outrun |
| 70:42 | | Wherefore let thou them alone plunging in vanity and sporting until they meet their Day which they are promised |
| 70:43 | | The Day whereon they shall come forth from the sepulchres hastily, as though they were to an altar hurrying |
| 70:44 | | Downcast shall be their looks; abjectness shall overspread them. Such is the Day which they are promised |
