Surah 70 · verse 4
Al-Ma'arij 70:4
Sign in to listenتَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
ta'ruj al-mala'ikah wa-ruh ilayhi fi yawm kana miqdaruh khamsin alf sanah
The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
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Context in the surah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
Verse 2لِّلْكَافِرِينَ 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.
تَعْرُجُ 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.
فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا
So be patient with gracious patience.
Verse 6إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا
Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
Verse 7وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا
But We see it [as] near.