Chapter 70 of the Qur'an · “The Ascending Stairways” · 44 verses · revealed in Makkah
70:1 سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍA questioner asked about a punishment bound to fall
70:2لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌupon those who deny — none can turn it away —
70:3مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِfrom God, Lord of the ascending pathways,
70:4تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍThe angels and the Spirit ascend to him on a day whose measure is fifty thousand years.
70:5فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًاSo be patient with a beautiful patience.
70:6إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًاThey see it as far off,
70:8يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِOn the day when the sky will be like molten metal,
70:9وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِand the mountains will be like tufts of wool,
70:10وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًاand no close friend will ask after a close friend,
70:11يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِthough they will be made to see one another. The guilty one will wish to ransom himself from the punishment of that day with his children,
70:12وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِand his spouse and his brother,
70:13وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِand the kin who sheltered him,
70:14وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِand everyone on earth — all of them — if only that could save him.
70:23ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَthose who are constant in their prayer,
70:24وَٱلَّذِينَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌand those in whose wealth there is a known right
70:25لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلْمَحْرُومِfor the one who asks and the one deprived,
70:26وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِand those who affirm the day of reckoning,
70:27وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَand those who stand in awe of their Lord's punishment —
70:28إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍindeed, the punishment of their Lord is not something anyone can feel safe from —
70:29وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَand those who guard their private parts
70:30إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَexcept with their spouses or those whom their right hands rightfully hold — for in this they are not to be blamed.
70:31فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَbut whoever seeks beyond that — they are the ones who transgress —
70:32وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَand those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenants,
70:33وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَand those who stand firm in their testimony,
70:34وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَand those who guard their prayer.
70:35أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَThose are the ones who will be honored in gardens.
70:36فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَWhat is it with those who deny, rushing toward you with necks outstretched,
70:37عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَfrom the right and from the left, in scattered groups?
70:38أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍDoes each one of them hope to be admitted into a garden of bliss?
70:39كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَNo! Indeed, we created them from what they know.
70:40فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَـٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَـٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَـٰدِرُونَSo I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests — indeed, we have the power
70:41عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَto replace them with better than them — and we cannot be outrun.
70:42فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَSo leave them to their idle talk and their games until they meet the day they have been promised.
70:43يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَthe day they rush out of their graves as if hurrying toward a standing idol,
70:44خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَtheir eyes lowered, humiliation covering them. That is the day they were promised.