The Ascending Stairways

Surah
Al-Ma'arij

سَأَلَ
سَآئِلُۢ
بِعَذَابٖ
وَاقِعٖ
١

A challenger¹ has demanded a punishment bound to come

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:2

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

لَيۡسَ

لَهُۥ

دَافِعٞ

for the disbelievers—to be averted by none—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:3

مِّنَ

ٱللَّهِ

ذِي

ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

from Allah, Lord of pathways of ˹heavenly˺ ascent,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:4

تَعۡرُجُ

ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ

وَٱلرُّوحُ

إِلَيۡهِ

فِي

يَوۡمٖ

كَانَ

مِقۡدَارُهُۥ

خَمۡسِينَ

أَلۡفَ

سَنَةٖ

˹through which˺ the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit¹ will ascend to Him on a Day fifty thousand years in length.²

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:5

فَٱصۡبِرۡ

صَبۡرٗا

جَمِيلًا

So endure ˹this denial, O Prophet,˺ with beautiful patience.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:6

إِنَّهُمۡ

يَرَوۡنَهُۥ

بَعِيدٗا

They truly see this ˹Day˺ as impossible,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:7

وَنَرَىٰهُ

قَرِيبٗا

but We see it as inevitable.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:8

يَوۡمَ

تَكُونُ

ٱلسَّمَآءُ

كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

On that Day the sky will be like molten brass

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:9

وَتَكُونُ

ٱلۡجِبَالُ

كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

and the mountains like ˹tufts of˺ wool.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

70:10

وَلَا

يَسۡـَٔلُ

حَمِيمٌ

حَمِيمٗا

١٠

And no close friend will ask ˹about˺ their friends,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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