The Ascending Stairways (Al-Ma‘arij)
Verses 1-14 GROUP_1518 70.1-14
1
سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
A doubter once demanded that punishment be immediately meted out,
2
لِّلْكَافِرينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
to those who deny the truth. No power can hinder God
3
مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
from punishing them. He is the Lord of the Ascending Stairways,
4
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
by which the angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him in one Day which will last for fifty thousand years.
5
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
Therefore, [O believers] behave with seemly patience.
6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
They see it [the Day of Judgement] to be far off,
7
وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
but We see it near at hand.
8
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ السَّمَاء كَالْمُهْلِ
On that Day the heavens shall become like molten brass,
9
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ
and the mountains will become like tufts of wool,
10
وَلَا يَسْأَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا
and no friend will ask about his friend,
11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
though they shall be within sight of each other. The guilty one will gladly ransom himself from the torment of that Day by sacrificing his own children,
12
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ
his wife, his brother,
13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ الَّتِي تُؤْويهِ
and his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
14
وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ
and all the people of the earth, if that could deliver him.
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Commentary
(a) The scenes of Doomsday cannot either be revealed in reality or truly described in the present world. However, in the Quran, these have been allegorically conveyed by allusions and examples, so that man should have a brief idea of their significance. When Doomsday arrives, it will be so terrible that man will forget this relations and the interests to which he gives the utmost importance today and for which he ignores the Truth.