المعارج

70. Al-Ma'arij

The Ascending Stairways

سَأَلَسَآئِلُۢبِعَذَابٖوَاقِعٖ١

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَلَيۡسَلَهُۥدَافِعٞ٢

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

مِّنَٱللَّهِذِيٱلۡمَعَارِجِ٣

[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.

تَعۡرُجُٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُوَٱلرُّوحُإِلَيۡهِفِييَوۡمٖكَانَمِقۡدَارُهُۥخَمۡسِينَأَلۡفَسَنَةٖ٤

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصۡبِرۡصَبۡرٗاجَمِيلًا٥

So be patient with gracious patience.

إِنَّهُمۡيَرَوۡنَهُۥبَعِيدٗا٦

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

وَنَرَىٰهُقَرِيبٗا٧

But We see it [as] near.

يَوۡمَتَكُونُٱلسَّمَآءُكَٱلۡمُهۡلِ٨

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

وَتَكُونُٱلۡجِبَالُكَٱلۡعِهۡنِ٩

And the mountains will be like wool,

وَلَايَسۡـَٔلُحَمِيمٌحَمِيمٗا١٠

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,