| | Maududi rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | A beseecher besought the visitation of chastisement |
| 70:2 | | (a chastisement meant) for the unbelievers, one which none can avert |
| 70:3 | | a chastisement from Allah, the Lord of the ascending steps |
| 70:4 | | by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in one Day the duration of which is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | So, (O Prophet), persevere with gracious perseverance |
| 70:6 | | Verily they think that the chastisement is far off |
| 70:7 | | while We think that it is near at hand |
| 70:8 | | It shall befall on a Day whereon the sky will become like molten brass |
| 70:9 | | and the mountains will become like dyed tufts of wool |
| 70:10 | | and no bosom friend will enquire about any of his bosom friend |
| 70:11 | | although they shall be within sight of one another. The guilty one would fain ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his children |
| 70:12 | | and his spouse and his brother |
| 70:13 | | and his kinsfolk who had stood by him |
| 70:14 | | and all persons of the earth, if only he could thus save himself |
| 70:15 | | By no means! It will be the fierce flam |
| 70:16 | | that will strip off the scalp |
| 70:17 | | It shall insistently summon him who turned his back and retreated |
| 70:18 | | and amassed wealth and covetously hoarded it |
| 70:19 | | Verily man is impatient by nature |
| 70:20 | | bewailing when evil befalls him |
| 70:21 | | and tight-fisted when good fortune visits him |
| 70:22 | | except those that pray |
| 70:23 | | and are constant in their Prayer |
| 70:24 | | and those in whose wealth there is a known righ |
| 70:25 | | for those that ask and those that are dispossessed |
| 70:26 | | those who firmly believe in the Day of Recompense |
| 70:27 | | and fear the chastisement of their Lord |
| 70:28 | | surely the chastisement of their Lord is a thing none can feel secure from |
| 70:29 | | and those who guard their private parts |
| 70:30 | | except in regard to their spouses and those whom their right hands possess, for in regard to them they are not reproachable |
| 70:31 | | but any who seeks to go beyond that, it is indeed they who are the transgressors |
| 70:32 | | and those who fulfil their trusts and their covenants |
| 70:33 | | and those who are upright in their testimonies |
| 70:34 | | and who take due care of their Prayer |
| 70:35 | | all these shall live honourably in the Gardens |
| 70:36 | | But what is the matter with the unbelievers who are hurrying towards yo |
| 70:37 | | in crowds, both on the right and on the left |
| 70:38 | | Does everyone of them wish to enter the Garden of Bliss |
| 70:39 | | By no means! They know that which We have created them from |
| 70:40 | | I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We have the powe |
| 70:41 | | to replace them by others who would be better than they; and We shall certainly not be overpowered |
| 70:42 | | So leave them to engage in vain talk and to amuse themselves until they come face to face with the Day which they are promised |
| 70:43 | | the Day on which they will hastily come forth from their graves, as though they were hurrying on to the altars of their deities |
| 70:44 | | Their eyes will be downcast and disgrace will overwhelm them. Such is the Day that they were promised |
