Al-Ma'arij 70
The Ascending StairwaysHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
This surah is classified as revealed in the Meccan period. It begins with someone asking about a punishment bound to befall the disbelievers, and says it comes from God, Owner of the ways of ascent, to whom the angels and the Spirit ascend in a Day measuring fifty thousand years. After urging the Messenger to be patient, it describes the Day when the sky is like molten metal and the mountains like tufts of wool, and the wicked would offer his children, wife, brother and clan to ransom himself. It then observes that people are created anxious, impatient in hardship and tight-fisted in good times, except those who pray constantly, set aside a known share of their wealth for the needy, guard their chastity, and keep their trusts and promises; it lists these qualities in detail. It closes by warning of the Day people rush out of their graves.
- Lord of the ascents
- A fifty-thousand-year Day
- Human anxiety and greed
- Qualities of those who pray
- Rising from the graves
The name The name comes from verse 3, which describes God as Owner of the ways of ascent.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
سَأَلَ사알라 سَائِلٌ사일룸 بِعَذَابٍ비아ð다빈 وَاقِعٍ와끼
A questioner asked about a punishment bound to befall
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2
لِلْكَافِرِينَ릴카f피r리나 لَيْسَ라이사 لَهُ라후 دَافِعٌ다f피
the disbelievers, which none can repel,
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3
مِنَ미날 اللَّهِ라히 ذِيð딜 الْمَعَارِجِ마아r리즈
from God, Owner of the ways of ascent.
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4
تَعْرُجُ타으r루줄 الْمَلَائِكَةُ말라이카투 وَالرُّوحُ와르r루후 إِلَيْهِ일라이히 فِيf피 يَوْمٍ야우민 كَانَ카나 مِقْدَارُهُ믹다r루후 خَمْسِينَ캄시나 أَلْفَ알f파 سَنَةٍ사나흐
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a Day whose measure is fifty thousand years.
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5
فَاصْبِرْf파스비r르 صَبْرًا사브r란 جَمِيلًا자밀라
So be patient with a beautiful patience.
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6
إِنَّهُمْ인나훔 يَرَوْنَهُ야r라우나후 بَعِيدًا바이다
Indeed they see it as far off,
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7
وَنَرَاهُ와나r라후 قَرِيبًا까r리바
but We see it as near.
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8
يَوْمَ야우마 تَكُونُ타쿠눗 السَّمَاءُ사마우 كَالْمُهْلِ칼무흘
On the Day the sky will be like molten metal,
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9
وَتَكُونُ와타쿠눌 الْجِبَالُ지발루 كَالْعِهْنِ칼이흔
and the mountains will be like tufts of wool,
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10
وَلَا왈라 يَسْأَلُ야스알루 حَمِيمٌ하미문 حَمِيمًا하미마
and no devoted friend will ask about a friend,
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11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ유밧사r루나훔 ۚ يَوَدُّ야왓둘 الْمُجْرِمُ무즈r리무 لَوْ라우 يَفْتَدِي야f프타디 مِنْ민 عَذَابِ아ð다비 يَوْمِئِذٍ야우미이ð딤 بِبَنِيهِ비바니흐
though they will be shown each other. The wicked one will wish that he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day with his children,
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12
وَصَاحِبَتِهِ와사히바티히 وَأَخِيهِ와아키흐
and his wife and his brother,
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13
وَفَصِيلَتِهِ와f파실라티힐 الَّتِي라티 تُؤْوِيهِ투으위흐
and his clan that sheltered him,
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14
وَمَنْ와만 فِيf필 الْأَرْضِ아r르디 جَمِيعًا자미안 ثُمَّθ숨마 يُنْجِيهِ윤지흐
and all who are on the earth — so that it might then save him.
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15
كَلَّا칼라 ۖ إِنَّهَا인나하 لَظَىٰ라ð다
By no means! Indeed it is a raging flame,
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16
نَزَّاعَةً낫자아탈 لِلشَّوَىٰ릿샤와
stripping away the scalp,
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17
تَدْعُو타드우 مَنْ만 أَدْبَرَ아드바r라 وَتَوَلَّىٰ와타왈라
calling whoever turned his back and turned away,
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18
وَجَمَعَ와자마아 فَأَوْعَىٰf파아우아
and gathered [wealth] and hoarded it.
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19
إِنَّ인날 الْإِنْسَانَ인사나 خُلِقَ쿨리까 هَلُوعًا할루아
Indeed man was created anxious:
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20
إِذَا이ð다 مَسَّهُ맛사훗 الشَّرُّ샤르r루 جَزُوعًا자주아
when evil touches him, impatient,
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21
وَإِذَا와이ð다 مَسَّهُ맛사훌 الْخَيْرُ카이r루 مَنُوعًا마누아
and when good touches him, withholding,
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22
إِلَّا일랄 الْمُصَلِّينَ무살린
except those who pray,
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23
الَّذِينَ알라ð디나 هُمْ훔 عَلَىٰ알라 صَلَاتِهِمْ살라티힘 دَائِمُونَ다이문
those who are constant in their prayer,
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24
وَالَّذِينَ왈라ð디나 فِيf피 أَمْوَالِهِمْ암왈리힘 حَقٌّ학꿈 مَعْلُومٌ마을룸
and those in whose wealth there is a known right
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25
لِلسَّائِلِ릿사일리 وَالْمَحْرُومِ왈마흐r룸
for the one who asks and the one who is deprived,
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26
وَالَّذِينَ왈라ð디나 يُصَدِّقُونَ유삿디꾸나 بِيَوْمِ비야우밋 الدِّينِ딘
and those who affirm the Day of Judgement,
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27
وَالَّذِينَ왈라ð디나 هُمْ훔 مِنْ민 عَذَابِ아ð다비 رَبِّهِمْr랍비힘 مُشْفِقُونَ무시f피꾼
and who are in dread of their Lord's punishment —
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28
إِنَّ인나 عَذَابَ아ð다바 رَبِّهِمْr랍비힘 غَيْرُ가이r루 مَأْمُونٍ마으문
indeed the punishment of their Lord is not to be felt secure from —
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29
وَالَّذِينَ왈라ð디나 هُمْ훔 لِفُرُوجِهِمْ리f푸r루지힘 حَافِظُونَ하f피ð둔
and those who guard their private parts,
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30
إِلَّا일라 عَلَىٰ알라 أَزْوَاجِهِمْ아즈와지힘 أَوْ아우 مَا마 مَلَكَتْ말라카트 أَيْمَانُهُمْ아이마누훔 فَإِنَّهُمْf파인나훔 غَيْرُ가이r루 مَلُومِينَ말루민
except from their wives or those whom their right hands possess, for then they are not to be blamed —
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31
فَمَنِf파마닙 ابْتَغَىٰ타가 وَرَاءَ와r라아 ذَٰلِكَð달리카 فَأُولَٰئِكَf파울라이카 هُمُ후물 الْعَادُونَ아둔
but whoever seeks beyond that, they are the transgressors —
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32
وَالَّذِينَ왈라ð디나 هُمْ훔 لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ리아마나티힘 وَعَهْدِهِمْ와아흐디힘 رَاعُونَr라운
and those who are faithful to their trusts and their promises,
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33
وَالَّذِينَ왈라ð디나 هُمْ훔 بِشَهَادَاتِهِمْ비샤하다티힘 قَائِمُونَ까이문
and those who stand firm in their testimonies,
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34
وَالَّذِينَ왈라ð디나 هُمْ훔 عَلَىٰ알라 صَلَاتِهِمْ살라티힘 يُحَافِظُونَ유하f피ð둔
and those who carefully maintain their prayer.
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35
أُولَٰئِكَ울라이카 فِيf피 جَنَّاتٍ잔나팀 مُكْرَمُونَ무크r라문
They will be in Gardens, honoured.
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36
فَمَالِf파말릴 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 كَفَرُوا카f파r루 قِبَلَكَ끼발라카 مُهْطِعِينَ무흐띠인
So what is the matter with those who disbelieve, rushing toward you,
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37
عَنِ아닐 الْيَمِينِ야미니 وَعَنِ와아닛 الشِّمَالِ시말리 عِزِينَ이진
from the right and from the left, in groups?
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38
أَيَطْمَعُ아야뜨마우 كُلُّ쿨룸 امْرِئٍr리임 مِنْهُمْ민훔 أَنْ안 يُدْخَلَ유드칼라 جَنَّةَ잔나타 نَعِيمٍ나임
Does every one of them hope to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?
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39
كَلَّا칼라 ۖ إِنَّا인나 خَلَقْنَاهُمْ칼라끄나훔 مِمَّا밈마 يَعْلَمُونَ야을라문
By no means! Indeed We created them from what they know.
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40
فَلَاf팔라 أُقْسِمُ욱시무 بِرَبِّ비r랍빌 الْمَشَارِقِ마샤r리끼 وَالْمَغَارِبِ왈마가r리비 إِنَّا인나 لَقَادِرُونَ라까디r룬
Nay, I swear by the Lord of the places of sunrise and sunset that We certainly have the power
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عَلَىٰ알라 أَنْ안 نُبَدِّلَ누밧딜라 خَيْرًا카이r람 مِنْهُمْ민훔 وَمَا와마 نَحْنُ나흐누 بِمَسْبُوقِينَ비마스부낀
to replace them with better than them, and We are not to be outrun.
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42
فَذَرْهُمْf파ð다r르훔 يَخُوضُوا야쿠두 وَيَلْعَبُوا와얄아부 حَتَّىٰ핫타 يُلَاقُوا율라꾸 يَوْمَهُمُ야우마후물 الَّذِي라ð디 يُوعَدُونَ유아둔
So leave them to indulge in idle talk and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised —
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43
يَوْمَ야우마 يَخْرُجُونَ야흐r루주나 مِنَ미날 الْأَجْدَاثِ아즈다θ시 سِرَاعًا시r라안 كَأَنَّهُمْ카안나훔 إِلَىٰ일라 نُصُبٍ누수빈 يُوفِضُونَ유f피둔
the Day they will come out of the graves rapidly, as if they were racing toward a set target,
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خَاشِعَةً카시아탄 أَبْصَارُهُمْ압사r루훔 تَرْهَقُهُمْ타r르하꾸훔 ذِلَّةٌð딜라툰 ۚ ذَٰلِكَð달리칼 الْيَوْمُ야우물 الَّذِي라ð디 كَانُوا카누 يُوعَدُونَ유아둔
their eyes downcast, humiliation covering them. That is the Day which they had been promised.