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70. Al-Ma'arij - The Ways of Ascent
| 1 | A requester seeks the punishment that will take place – |
| 2 | - Upon the disbelievers – the punishment that none can avert. |
| 3 | From Allah, the Lord of all pinnacles. |
| 4 | The angels and Jibreel, ascend towards Him – the punishment will befall on a day which spans fifty thousand years. |
| 5 | Therefore patiently endure, in the best manner (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him). |
| 6 | They deem it to be remote. |
| 7 | Whereas We see it impending. |
| 8 | The day when the sky will be like molten silver. |
| 9 | And the hills will be light as wool. |
| 10 | And no friend will ask concerning his friend. |
| 11 | They will be seeing them; the guilty will wish if only he could redeem himself from the punishment of that day, by offering his sons. |
| 12 | And his wife and his brother. |
| 13 | And the family in which he was. |
| 14 | And all those who are in the earth – then only if the redemption saves him! |
| 15 | Never! That is indeed a blazing fire. |
| 16 | A fire that melts the hide. |
| 17 | It calls out to him who reverted and turned away. |
| 18 | And accumulated wealth and hoarded it. |
| 19 | Indeed man is created very impatient, greedy. |
| 20 | Very nervous when touched by misfortune. |
| 21 | And refraining, when good reaches him. |
| 22 | Except those who establish prayer. |
| 23 | Those who are regular in their prayers. |
| 24 | And those in whose wealth exists a recognised right, |
| 25 | For those who beg, and for the needy who cannot even ask. |
| 26 | And those who believe the Day of Judgement to be true. |
| 27 | And those who fear the punishment of their Lord. |
| 28 | Indeed the punishment of their Lord is not a thing to be unafraid of! |
| 29 | And those who protect their private organs (from adultery). |
| 30 | Except with their wives and the bondwomen in their possession, for there is no reproach on them. |
| 31 | So those who desire more than this – it is they who are the transgressors. |
| 32 | And those who protect the property entrusted to them, and their agreements. |
| 33 | And those who are firm upon their testimonies. |
| 34 | And those who protect their prayers. |
| 35 | It is these who will be honoured in Gardens. |
| 36 | So what is the matter with these disbelievers, that they stare at you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him)? |
| 37 | From the right and the left, in groups? |
| 38 | Does every man among them aspire to be admitted into the Garden of serenity? |
| 39 | Never! We have indeed created them from a thing they know. |
| 40 | So I swear by the Lord of every East and every West, that We are indeed Able. |
| 41 | To replace them by those better than them; and none can escape from Us. |
| 42 | Therefore leave them, involved in their indecencies and play, till they confront their day which they are promised. |
| 43 | A day when they will come out of the graves in haste, as if rushing towards their goals. |
| 44 | With lowered eyes, disgrace overcoming them; this is the day, which they had been promised. |