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Surah 70 · Meccan · 44 verses

سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ

Al-Ma'aarijThe Ascending Stairways

1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

2

لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

3

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.

4

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ

The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

5

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا

So be patient with gracious patience.

6

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

7

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا

But We see it [as] near.

8

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

9

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

And the mountains will be like wool,

10

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

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