| | Farook Malik rendition of Surah The Ascending Stairways, The Ladders(al-Ma`arij)
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| 70:1 | | A questioner asked you about the punishment which is bound to happen |
| 70:2 | | It is for the disbelievers and there is none to avert it |
| 70:3 | | It will come from Allah, the Owner of the Ways of Ascent |
| 70:4 | | The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a Day the measure of which is fifty thousand years |
| 70:5 | | Therefore, endure with graceful patience |
| 70:6 | | They see it (Day of Judgment) to be far-off |
| 70:7 | | but We see it quite near |
| 70:8 | | On that Day, the sky shall become like molten bras |
| 70:9 | | and the mountains like tufts of wool |
| 70:10 | | even a close friend will not ask of his friend |
| 70:11 | | though they will see each other. To save himself from the punishment of that Day, the culprit (disbeliever) will wish to give his children |
| 70:12 | | his wife, his brother |
| 70:13 | | his relatives who gave him shelter |
| 70:14 | | and all that is in the earth, in ransom to save himself |
| 70:15 | | By no means! It will be the fire of hell |
| 70:16 | | eager to pluck out his skull |
| 70:17 | | it will be calling all those who try to escape and turn their back |
| 70:18 | | who collected wealth and withheld it |
| 70:19 | | Indeed, man has been created impatient |
| 70:20 | | when evil befalls him, he becomes despondent |
| 70:21 | | but when blessed with good fortune, he becomes stingy |
| 70:22 | | with the exception of those who offer the Salah (prayer) |
| 70:23 | | remain steadfast in their Salah (prayer) |
| 70:24 | | set aside a due share in their wealt |
| 70:25 | | for the beggars and the deprived |
| 70:26 | | accept the truth of the Day of Judgment |
| 70:27 | | dread the punishment of their Lor |
| 70:28 | | - for none is secure from the punishment of their Lord |
| 70:29 | | and guard their private parts |
| 70:30 | | except from their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for in their case they are not blameworthy |
| 70:31 | | As for those who seek to go beyond this, they are transgressors |
| 70:32 | | Those who keep their trusts and honor their promises |
| 70:33 | | who stand firm in their testimonie |
| 70:34 | | and strictly guard their Salah (prayers) |
| 70:35 | | It is they who shall live with honor in paradise |
| 70:36 | | What is the matter with the disbelievers that they are rushing towards you |
| 70:37 | | from the right and from the left, in groups |
| 70:38 | | Are they each seeking to enter the garden of bliss |
| 70:39 | | By no means! Surely, We have created them out of that what they (unbelievers) know |
| 70:40 | | But nay! I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests, that We have the powe |
| 70:41 | | to destroy them and replace them with others better than them, and nothing can hinder Us from doing so |
| 70:42 | | Therefore, leave them to plunge in vain talk and blunder about until they face that Day of theirs which they are being promised |
| 70:43 | | The Day when they shall rush forward from their graves, as if they were racing towards a goal, with downcast eyes and countenances distorted with shame |
| 70:44 | | Such will be the Day, which they are being promised |
