سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ١
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Read and explore Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent), the 70th chapter of the Holy Quran. Revealed in Makkah, this 44-ayah Surah teaches about the Day of Judgment, human weakness, and the noble qualities of true believers. Read the Arabic text with English translation, understand the Surah meaning, and reflect on its Islamic guidance through Quran recitation and tafsir.
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ ١
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ ٢
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ ٣
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ ٤
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا ٥
So be patient with gracious patience.
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًۭا ٦
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبًۭا ٧
But We see it [as] near.
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ ٨
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٩
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا ١٠
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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