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Asad, Surah 70: The Ascending Stairways (Al-Ma'aarij)

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[1] ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall

[2] those who deny the truth. [Know, then, that] nothing can ward it off,

[3] [since it will come] from God, unto whom there are many ways of ascent:

[4] all the angels and all the inspiration [ever granted to man] ascend unto Him [daily,] in a day the length whereof is [like] fifty thousand years…

[5] Therefore, [O believer,] endure all adversity with goodly patience:

[6] behold, men look upon that [reckoning] as something far away –

[7] but, We see it as near!

[8] [It will take place] on a Day when the sky will be like molten lead,

[9] and the mountains will be like tufts of wool,

[10] and [when] no friend will ask about his friend,

[11] though they may be in one another's sight: [for,] everyone who was lost in sin will on that Day but desire to ransom himself from suffering at the price of his own children,

[12] and of his spouse, and of his brother,

[13] and of all the kinsfolk who ever sheltered him,

[14] and of whoever [else] lives on earth, all of them - so that he could but save himself.

[15] But nay! Verily, all [that awaits him] is a raging flame,

[16] tearing away his skin!

[17] It will claim all such as turn their backs [on what is right], and turn away [from the truth],

[18] and amass [wealth] and thereupon withhold [it from their fellow-men].

[19] VERILY, man is born with a restless disposition.

[20] [As a rule,] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity;

[21] and whenever good fortune comes to him, he selfishly withholds it [from others].

[22] Not so, however, those who consciously turn towards God in prayer.

[23] [and] who incessantly persevere in their prayer

[24] and in whose possessions there is a due share, acknowledged [by them],

[25] for such as ask [for help] and such as are deprived [of what is good in life];

[26] and who accept as true the [coming of the] Day of Judgment;

[27] and who stand in dread of their Sustainer's chastisement –

[28] for, behold, of their Sustainer's chastisement none may ever feel [wholly] secure;

[29] and who are mindful of their chastity,

[30] [not giving way to their desires] with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock] -: for then, behold, they are free of all blame,

[31] whereas such as seek to go beyond that [limit] are truly transgressors;

[32] and who are faithful to their trusts and to their pledges:

[33] and who stand firm whenever they bear witness;

[34] and who guard their prayers [from all worldly intent].

[35] These it is who in the gardens [of paradise] shall be honoured!

[36] WHAT, THEN, is amiss with such as are bent on denying the truth, that they run about confusedly to and fro before thee,

[37] [coming upon thee] from the right and from the left, in crowds?

[38] Does every one of them hope to enter [by this means] a garden of bliss?

[39] Never! For, behold, We have created them out of something that they know [only too well]!

[40] But nay! I call to witness [Our being] the Sustainer of all the points of sunrise and sunset: verily, well able are We

[41] to replace them with [people] better than they are; for there is nothing to prevent Us [from doing what We will].

[42] Hence, leave them to indulge in idle talk and play [with words] until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs which they have been promised –

[43] the Day when they shall come forth in haste from their graves, as if racing towards a goal-post,

[44] with downcast eyes, with ignominy overwhelming them: that Day which they were promised again and…

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