| | Edward Henry Palmer rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | An asker asked for torment that must befall |
| 70:2 | | for the unbelievers; there is no repelling it |
| 70:3 | | from God the Lord of the ascents |
| 70:4 | | whereby ascend the angels and the Spirit unto Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | Wherefore be patient with fair patience |
| 70:6 | | verily, they see it as afar off |
| 70:7 | | but we see it nigh |
| 70:8 | | The day when the heaven shall be as molten brass |
| 70:9 | | and the mountains shall be like flocks of wool |
| 70:10 | | when no warm friend shall question friend |
| 70:11 | | they shall gaze on each other, and the sinner would fain give as a ransom from the torment of that day his son |
| 70:12 | | and his mate, and his brothe |
| 70:13 | | and his kin who stand by him |
| 70:14 | | and all who are in the earth, that yet it might rescue him |
| 70:15 | | Nay, verily, it is a flame, |
| 70:16 | | dragging by the scalp |
| 70:17 | | it shall call those who retreated and turned their back |
| 70:18 | | and who amassed and hoarded |
| 70:19 | | Verily, man is by nature rash |
| 70:20 | | when evil touches him, very impatient |
| 70:21 | | when good touches him, niggardly |
| 70:22 | | all save those who pray |
| 70:23 | | who remain at their prayers |
| 70:24 | | and in whose wealth is a reasonable due (set aside |
| 70:25 | | for him who asks and him who is kept from asking |
| 70:26 | | and those who believe in a day of judgment |
| 70:27 | | and those who shrink in terror from the torment of their Lord; |
| 70:28 | | verily, the torment of their Lord is not safe; |
| 70:29 | | and those who guard their private parts |
| 70:30 | | except for their wives or the (slave girls) whom their right hands possess, for they are not to be blamed |
| 70:31 | | but whoso craves beyond this, they are the transgressors |
| 70:32 | | and those who observe their trusts and their compacts |
| 70:33 | | and those who are upright in their testimonies |
| 70:34 | | and those who keep their prayers |
| 70:35 | | these shall dwell in gardens honoured |
| 70:36 | | What ails the misbelievers that they hurry on before thee |
| 70:37 | | crowding together on the right and on the left |
| 70:38 | | Does every man of them wish to enter the garden of pleasure |
| 70:39 | | Nay, we created them of what they know |
| 70:40 | | And I need not swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; verily, we are abl |
| 70:41 | | to change them for others better, nor are we prevented |
| 70:42 | | So leave them to plunge in discussion, and to play until they meet that day of theirs which they are threatened with |
| 70:43 | | the day when they shall come forth in haste from the graves, as though they flock to a standard |
| 70:44 | | with their looks abashed; meanness shall cover them! That is the day which they were promised |
