Surah 70 · verse 1
Al-Ma'arij 70:1
Sign in to listenبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim sa'ala sa'il bi-'adhabin waqi'
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
لِّلْكَافِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ
To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
Verse 3مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ
[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.
Verse 4تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.