Surah 70: Al-Ma'arij
The Holy Qur’an
Holy Qur’an 70:1
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:2
An inquirer inquires concerning the punishment about to fall
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:3
Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:4
It is from Allah, Lord of great ascents.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:5
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:6
So be patient with admirable patience.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:7
They see it to be far off,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:8
But We see it to be nigh.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:9
The day when the heaven will become like molten copper,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:10
And the mountains will become like flakes of wool,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:11
And a friend will not inquire after a friend.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:12
They will be placed in sight of one another, and the guilty one would fain ransom himself from the punishment of that day by offering his children,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:13
And his wife and his brother,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:14
And his kinsfolk who sheltered him,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:15
And by offering all those who are on the earth, if only thus he might save himself.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:16
But no! surely it is a flame of Fire,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:17
Stripping off the skin even to the extremities of the body.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:18
It will call him who turned his back and retreated
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:19
And hoarded wealth, and withheld it.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 70:20
Verily, man is born impatient and miserly.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)