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Surah 70
Surah Al-Ma'aarij
المَعَارِجِ
سورۃ المَعَارِجِ
The Ascending Stairways44 ayahsMecca
Surah 70
Al-Ma'arij
The Ascending Stairways • Mecca • 44 ayahs
المَعَارِجِ
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Ayah 70:1
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ١
English translation
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen1
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Ayah 70:2
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌ٢
English translation
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
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Ayah 70:3
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ٣
English translation
[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
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Ayah 70:4
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ٤
English translation
The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
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Ayah 70:5
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا٥
English translation
So be patient with gracious patience.
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Ayah 70:6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا٦
English translation
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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Ayah 70:7
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًا٧
English translation
But We see it [as] near.
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Ayah 70:8
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ٨
English translation
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,1
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Ayah 70:9
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ٩
English translation
And the mountains will be like wool,1
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Ayah 70:10
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا١٠
English translation
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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Ayah 70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ١١
English translation
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.
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Ayah 70:12
وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ١٢
English translation
And his wife and his brother
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Ayah 70:13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ١٣
English translation
And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
14
Ayah 70:14
وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ١٤
English translation
And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
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Ayah 70:15
كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ١٥
English translation
No!1 Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
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Ayah 70:16
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ١٦
English translation
A remover of exteriors.1
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Ayah 70:17
تَدْعُوا مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ١٧
English translation
It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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Ayah 70:18
وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ١٨
English translation
And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
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Ayah 70:19
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا١٩
English translation
Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
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Ayah 70:20
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا٢٠
English translation
When evil touches him, impatient,
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About سورۃ المعارج — Surah Al-Ma'aarij
Surah Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways) is chapter 70 of the Quran and contains 44 ayahs. The reader provides Arabic text with Urdu and English translations. Choose an ayah below to open its reference page.
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