# Surah Al-Ma'arij (المَعَارِج) — The Ascending Stairways

> **Chapter 70 of the Holy Quran** · **44 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (44 Verses)

### Verse 70:1

سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ‏

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

### Verse 70:2

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ‏

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer

### Verse 70:3

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

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

### Verse 70:4

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمࣲ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةࣲ‏

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

### Verse 70:5

فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرࣰ ا جَمِيلًا

So be patient with gracious patience

### Verse 70:6

إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدࣰ ا

Indeed, they see it [as] distant

### Verse 70:7

وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبࣰ ا

But We see it [as] near

### Verse 70:8

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil

### Verse 70:9

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ

And the mountains will be like wool

### Verse 70:10

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمࣰ ا

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend

### Verse 70:11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

### Verse 70:12

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

And his wife and his brother

### Verse 70:13

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

### Verse 70:14

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعࣰ ا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him

### Verse 70:15

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ

No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell]

### Verse 70:16

نَزَّاعَةࣰ لِّلشَّوَىٰ

A remover of exteriors

### Verse 70:17

تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

### Verse 70:18

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ

And collected [wealth] and hoarded

### Verse 70:19

۞إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Indeed, mankind was created anxious

### Verse 70:20

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰ ا

When evil touches him, impatient

### Verse 70:21

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا

And when good touches him, withholding [of it]

### Verse 70:22

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ

Except the observers of prayer

### Verse 70:23

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ

Those who are constant in their prayer

### Verse 70:24

وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقࣱّ مَّعۡلُومࣱ‏

And those within whose wealth is a known right

### Verse 70:25

لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ

For the petitioner and the deprived

### Verse 70:26

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

### Verse 70:27

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord

### Verse 70:28

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونࣲ‏

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe

### Verse 70:29

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ

And those who guard their private parts

### Verse 70:30

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed

### Verse 70:31

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors

### Verse 70:32

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

### Verse 70:33

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ

And those who are in their testimonies upright

### Verse 70:34

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer

### Verse 70:35

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ مُّكۡرَمُونَ

They will be in gardens, honored

### Verse 70:36

فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad]

### Verse 70:37

عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups

### Verse 70:38

أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمࣲ‏

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure

### Verse 70:39

كَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know

### Verse 70:40

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

### Verse 70:41

عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرࣰ ا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone

### Verse 70:42

فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised

### Verse 70:43

يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعࣰ ا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبࣲ يُوفِضُونَ

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

### Verse 70:44

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised