| | Maulana Muhammad Ali rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | A questioner asks about the chastisement to befal |
| 70:2 | | The disbelievers -- there is none to avert it - |
| 70:3 | | From Allah, Lord of the ways of Ascent |
| 70:4 | | To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | So be patient with a goodly patience |
| 70:6 | | Surely they see it far off |
| 70:7 | | And We see it nigh |
| 70:8 | | The day when the heaven is as molten brass |
| 70:9 | | And the mountains are as wool |
| 70:10 | | And no friend will ask of friend |
| 70:11 | | (Though) they are made to see them. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by his children |
| 70:12 | | And his wife and his brother |
| 70:13 | | And his kin that gave him shelter |
| 70:14 | | And all that are in the earth -- then deliver him - |
| 70:15 | | By no means! Surely it is a flaming Fire |
| 70:16 | | Plucking out the extremities - |
| 70:17 | | It shall claim him who retreats and turns his back |
| 70:18 | | And hoards then withholds |
| 70:19 | | Surely man is created impatient - |
| 70:20 | | Fretful when evil afflicts him |
| 70:21 | | And niggardly when good befalls him - |
| 70:22 | | Except those who pray |
| 70:23 | | Who are constant at their prayer |
| 70:24 | | And in whose wealth there is a known righ |
| 70:25 | | For the beggar and the destitute |
| 70:26 | | And those who accept the truth of the day of Judgment |
| 70:27 | | And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord - |
| 70:28 | | Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt secure from - |
| 70:29 | | And those who restrain their sexual passions |
| 70:30 | | Except in the presence of their mates or those whom their right hands possess -- for such surely are not to be blamed |
| 70:31 | | But he who seeks to go beyond this, these are the transgressors |
| 70:32 | | And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant |
| 70:33 | | And those who are upright in their testimonies |
| 70:34 | | And those who keep a guard on their prayer |
| 70:35 | | These are in Gardens, honoured |
| 70:36 | | But what is the matter with those who disbelieve, that they hasten on to thee |
| 70:37 | | On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties |
| 70:38 | | Does every man of them desire to be admitted to the Garden of bliss |
| 70:39 | | By no means! Surely We have created them for what they know |
| 70:40 | | But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Eastern lands and the Western lands! that We are certainly Powerfu |
| 70:41 | | To bring in their place (others) better than them, and We shall not be overcome |
| 70:42 | | So leave them alone to plunge in vain talk and to sport, until they come face to face with that day of theirs which they are promised - |
| 70:43 | | The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as hastening on to a goal |
| 70:44 | | Their eyes cast down, disgrace covering them. Such is the day which they are promised |
