Surah Al-Ma'aarij (70): Read Online and Download - English Translation
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Information About Surah Al-Ma'aarij
- Type of Surah Al-Ma'aarij: Meccan
- Number of verses in Surah Al-Ma'aarij: 44
- Order of Surah Al-Ma'aarij in Quran: 70
- Order of revelation: 79
- Surah name in English: The Ascending Stairways
- Page numbers in Quran: from page 568 to 570
- Translation: Saheeh International
- Tafsir: Arberry
Surah Al-Ma'aarij
سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ
Page 568 (Verses from 1 to 10)
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Tafsir of Surah Al-Ma'aarij (Arberry: A. J. Arberry)
English Translation
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happenEnglish Transliteration
Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin
A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall
English Translation
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.English Transliteration
Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAAun
for the unbelievers, which none may avert,
English Translation
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.English Transliteration
Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji
from God, the Lord of the Stairways.
English Translation
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.English Transliteration
TaAAruju almalaikatu waalrroohu ilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfa sanatin
To Him the angels and the Spirit mount up, in a day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years.
English Translation
So be patient with gracious patience.English Transliteration
Faisbir sabran jameelan
So be thou patient with a sweet patience;
English Translation
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,English Transliteration
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeedan
behold, they see it as if far off;
English Translation
But We see it [as] near.English Transliteration
Wanarahu qareeban
but We see it is nigh.
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On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,English Transliteration
Yawma takoonu alssamao kaalmuhli
Upon the day when heaven shall be as molten copper
English Translation
And the mountains will be like wool,English Transliteration
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni
and the mountains shall be as plucked wool-tufts,
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And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,English Transliteration
Wala yasalu hameemun hameeman
no loyal friend shall question loyal friend,
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