| | Dr. Kamal Omar rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall — |
| 70:2 | | upon the disbelievers, (there is) not, unto it one who can avert (it) — |
| 70:3 | | (since it is coming) from Allah, controller of the ascents |
| 70:4 | | The angels and the Ar-Ruh ascend to Him in an aeon the measure whereof is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | So have patience — a beautiful patience |
| 70:6 | | Verily, they see it (i.e., the torment about to befall) as something extremely remote |
| 70:7 | | while We see it very near |
| 70:8 | | The Day the sky becomes like the superficial flim of boiling oil |
| 70:9 | | and the mountains become like flakes of wool |
| 70:10 | | and does not ask a deeply devoted friend for (his) deeply devoted friend |
| 70:11 | | People would be made to watch one another. The sinner would desire that he may pay a ransom to get rid of the torment that Day by (offering) his sons (in ransom) |
| 70:12 | | and his consort, and his brother |
| 70:13 | | and his kinfolks who sheltered him |
| 70:14 | | and whosoever is on the earth — altogether, then (thus) he may redeem himself |
| 70:15 | | By no means! Surely that (would be) a furiously flaming, blazing Fire — |
| 70:16 | | one that strips off the skin |
| 70:17 | | It (i.e., the blazing Fire invites) that who turned his back (to) and moved away (from Al-Kitab) |
| 70:18 | | and hoarded (wealth) and withheld it (from spending it in accordance with the dictates of his conscience and the Scripture) |
| 70:19 | | Verily, a human being: (as if) he is created impatient |
| 70:20 | | When Ash-shar (harm) touched him, (he is one) who is extremely disturbed |
| 70:21 | | And when Al-Khair (good) touched him, (he is one) who hesitates (himself) and also stops others (from spending it in a desirable way) — |
| 70:22 | | except those who adhere to canonical Prayers |
| 70:23 | | those people who: they are constant in offering their Prayers |
| 70:24 | | and those: in their wealth is a well-known share — |
| 70:25 | | for one who is compelled to ask and that who stands deprived (of the bare needs) |
| 70:26 | | and those who Believe and testify the Day of Accountability and Judgment |
| 70:27 | | and those who: they are ever mindful of the torment of their Nourisher-Sustainer |
| 70:28 | | surely, the torment of their Nourisher-Sustainer (is) not an event that one may feel secure against it |
| 70:29 | | and those who: they, regarding their private sexual parts are protectors — |
| 70:30 | | except unto their wives or ma-malakat-aimanuhum (the women who are given in guardianship of adult males as their wives under a document prepared by the Muslim state) — then surely they are unblamed people |
| 70:31 | | But whosoever sought beyond that then those people: they very ones are those who break the limits |
| 70:32 | | And those: they, regarding the trusts with them, and promises with them, (behave as) those who implement with responsibility |
| 70:33 | | and those — they stand firm on their testimonies (till the judgment in the case) |
| 70:34 | | and those — they, over their Prayers act as guards |
| 70:35 | | such a people would dwell in the Gardens (of Paradise) as honoured people |
| 70:36 | | Then what (is the matter) with those who have disbelieved; in front of you they are those who swiftly move hither and thither (without paying attention to the teachings you propagate) |
| 70:37 | | from the right (side) and from the left side in splinter groups |
| 70:38 | | Does every man of them wish that he may be allowed entry in the Garden of delight |
| 70:39 | | By no means! Verily We, We created them out of that which they know |
| 70:40 | | So nay! I (i.e., Allah) bring as Witness the Rabb (Nourisher-Sustainer) of the easts and the wests. Surely We are, indeed, All-Capable Ones — |
| 70:41 | | over (this) that We replace (them by people) better than them; and We are not those who are outrun |
| 70:42 | | So leave them, they will indulge in vain talk and would play and sport until they have met their Day which they have been promised |
| 70:43 | | The Day they will come out of the burial sites swiftly, as if they hasten on (and race) to a fixed target |
| 70:44 | | their eyes adopting low-down position (in humility, fear and lamentation), ignominy (and disgrace) covers them. This is the Day which they had been promised |
