| | The Study Quran rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | A questioner asked about an impending punishmen |
| 70:2 | | upon the disbelievers which none can avert |
| 70:3 | | from God, Lord of the ascending ways |
| 70:4 | | Unto Him ascend the angels and the Spirit on a day whose measure is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | So be patient with beautiful patience |
| 70:6 | | Truly they see it as far off |
| 70:7 | | but We see it as nigh |
| 70:8 | | On a day when the sky is as molten lead |
| 70:9 | | and the mountains are as carded wool |
| 70:10 | | and no loyal friend shall ask about a loyal friend |
| 70:11 | | [though] they will be made to see them. The guilty would wish to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day at the price of his children |
| 70:12 | | his spouse, and his brother |
| 70:13 | | his kin who had sheltered him |
| 70:14 | | and all who are on the earth, that it might save him |
| 70:15 | | Nay, but it is a churning fire |
| 70:16 | | ripping away the scalp |
| 70:17 | | calling to those who turned their backs and fled |
| 70:18 | | who amassed and hoarded |
| 70:19 | | Truly man was created anxious |
| 70:20 | | when evil befalls him, fretful |
| 70:21 | | and when good befalls him, begrudging |
| 70:22 | | save those who perform prayer |
| 70:23 | | who are constant in their prayers |
| 70:24 | | and in whose wealth is an acknowledged du |
| 70:25 | | for the beggar and the deprived |
| 70:26 | | those who affirm the Day of Judgment |
| 70:27 | | and who are wary of the punishment of their Lord |
| 70:28 | | truly there is no security from the punishment of their Lord |
| 70:29 | | those who guard their private parts |
| 70:30 | | save from their spouses or those whom their right hands possess, for then they are not blameworthy |
| 70:31 | | but whosoever seeks beyond that, they are the transgressors |
| 70:32 | | those who abide by their trusts and their pact |
| 70:33 | | who uphold their testimony |
| 70:34 | | and who are mindful of their prayers |
| 70:35 | | those shall be in Gardens, honored |
| 70:36 | | So how is it that those who disbelieve scramble toward the |
| 70:37 | | from the right and from the left in droves |
| 70:38 | | Does every man among them desire to be admitted into a Garden of bliss |
| 70:39 | | Nay! Truly We created them from that which they know |
| 70:40 | | So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that We are abl |
| 70:41 | | to replace [them] with what is better than them; and none outstrips Us |
| 70:42 | | So leave them to indulge in idle talk and play until they meet the Day that they are promised |
| 70:43 | | a day when they come forth from their graves, hastening as if racing to a goal |
| 70:44 | | their eyes humbled, abasement shall overcome them. That is the Day they have been promised |
