Sura 70 The Ascending Stairways (Al-Ma'aarej)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[70:1] A questioner asked about a punishment that will surely happen

[70:2] to the disbelievers, and which none can avert.

[70:3] It is from God: Possessor of the Ascending Stairways.

[70:4] The angels and the Ruh ascend to Him in a day the measure of which was fifty thousand years.

[70:5] So be patient; a gracious patience.

[70:6] They see it as something distant,

[70:7] while We see it imminent.

[70:8] The Day when the sky will be like molten brass,

[70:9] and the mountains will be like tufts of wool,

[70:10] and no friend will ask about another friend,

[70:11] even though they will be made to see them. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children,

[70:12] and his wife, and his brother,

[70:13] and his clan that sheltered him,

[70:14] and all who are in the earth, that it might save him.

[70:15] But no! It is a raging flame

[70:16] that strips away the scalps.

[70:17] It invites those who drew back and turned away,

[70:18] and amassed and hoarded.