| | George Sale rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | One demanded and called for vengeance to fall on the unbelievers |
| 70:2 | | There shall be none to avert the sam |
| 70:3 | | from being inflicted by God, the possessor of the steps |
| 70:4 | | by which the angels ascend unto Him, and the spirit Gabriel also, in a day whose space is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | Wherefore bear the insults of the Meccans with becoming patience |
| 70:6 | | for they see their punishment afar off |
| 70:7 | | but We see it nigh at hand |
| 70:8 | | On a certain day the heaven shall become like molten brass |
| 70:9 | | and the mountains like wool of various colours, scattered abroad by the wind |
| 70:10 | | And a friend shall not ask a friend concerning his condition, althoug |
| 70:11 | | they see one another. The wicked shall wish to redeem himself from the punishment of that day, by giving up his children |
| 70:12 | | and his wife, and his brother |
| 70:13 | | and his kindred who shewed kindness unto him |
| 70:14 | | and all who are in the earth; and that this might deliver him |
| 70:15 | | By no means: For hell fire |
| 70:16 | | dragging them by their scalps |
| 70:17 | | shall call him who shall have turned his back, and fled from the faith |
| 70:18 | | and shall have amassed riches, and covetously hoarded them |
| 70:19 | | Verily man is created extremely impatient |
| 70:20 | | When evil toucheth him, he is full of complaint |
| 70:21 | | but when good befalleth him, he becometh niggardly |
| 70:22 | | Except those who are devoutly given |
| 70:23 | | and who persevere in their prayers |
| 70:24 | | and those of whose substance a due and certain portion is ready to be give |
| 70:25 | | unto him who asketh, and him who is forbidden by shame to ask |
| 70:26 | | And those who sincerely believe the day of judgment |
| 70:27 | | and who dread the punishment of their Lord |
| 70:28 | | -- For there is none secure from the punishment of their Lord: - |
| 70:29 | | And who abstain from the carnal knowledg |
| 70:30 | | of women other than their wives, or the slaves which their right hands possess; -- for as to them they shall be blameless |
| 70:31 | | but whoever coveteth any woman besides these, they are transgressors: - |
| 70:32 | | And those who faithfully keep what they are intrusted with, and their covenant |
| 70:33 | | and who are upright in their testimonies |
| 70:34 | | and who carefully observe the requisite rites in their prayers |
| 70:35 | | These shall dwell amidst gardens, highly honoured |
| 70:36 | | What aileth the unbelievers, that they run before the |
| 70:37 | | in companies, on the right hand and on the left |
| 70:38 | | Doth every man of them wish to enter into a garden of delight |
| 70:39 | | By no means: Verily We have created them of that which they know |
| 70:40 | | I swear by the Lord of the east and of the west, that We are able to destroy them |
| 70:41 | | and to substitute better than them in their room; neither are We to be prevented, if We shall please so to do |
| 70:42 | | Wherefore suffer them to wade in vain disputes, and to amuse themselves with sport: Until they meet their day with which they have been threatened |
| 70:43 | | the day whereon they shall come forth hastily from their graves, as though they were troops hastening to their standard |
| 70:44 | | Their looks shall be downcast; ignominy shall attend them. This is the day with which they have been threatened |
