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You are here: Home > Islam - Basics > Quran > Sura List > Sura 70 - The Heights

Sura 70:  The Heights (Al-Ma'aarej)

Number of verses in sura: 44
Order of revelation: 79

[70:0]  In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[70:1]  A questioner may question the inevitable retribution.

[70:2]  For the disbelievers, none can stop it.

[70:3]  From GOD; Possessor of the highest Height.

[70:4]  The angels, with their reports, climb to Him in a day that equals fifty thousand years.

[70:5]  Therefore, you shall resort to a gracious patience.

[70:6]  For they see it far away.

[70:7]  While we see it very close.

[70:8]  The day will come when the sky will be like molten rocks.

[70:9]  The mountains will be like fluffy wool.

[70:10]  No friend will care about his close friend.

[70:11]  When they see them, the guilty will wish he could give his own children as ransom, to spare him the retribution of that day.

[70:12]  Also his spouse, and his brother.

[70:13]  Even his whole tribe that raised him.

[70:14]  Even all the people on earth, if it would save him.

[70:15]  No; it is aflame.

[70:16]  Eager to burn.

[70:17]  It calls on those who turned away.

[70:18]  Those who hoarded and counted.

[70:19]  Indeed, the human being is anxious.

[70:20]  If touched by adversity, despondent.

[70:21]  If blessed by wealth, stingy.

[70:22]  Except for the worshipers.

[70:23]  Who always observe their contact prayers (Salat).

[70:24]  Part of their money is set aside.

[70:25]  For the poor and the needy.

[70:26]  They believe in the Day of Judgment.

[70:27]  They reverence their Lord's requital.

[70:28]  Their Lord's requital is not taken for granted.

[70:29]  They keep their chastity.

[70:30]  (They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs -

[70:31]  anyone who transgresses these limits is a sinner.

[70:32]  And the believers keep their word; they are trustworthy.

[70:33]  Their testimony is truthful.

[70:34]  They consistently observe their contact prayers (Salat) on time.

[70:35]  They have deserved a position of honor in Paradise.

[70:36]  What is keeping those who disbelieved from joining you?

[70:37]  To the right, and to the left, they flee.

[70:38]  How can any of them expect to enter the blissful Paradise?

[70:39]  Never; we created them, and they know from what.

[70:40]  I solemnly swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; we are able -

[70:41]  to substitute better people in your place; we can never be defeated.

[70:42]  Therefore, let them blunder and play, until they meet the day that is awaiting them.

[70:43]  That is the day they come out of the graves in a hurry, as if herded to the (sacrificial) altars.

[70:44]  With their eyes subdued, shame will cover them. That is the day that is awaiting them.

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