Chapter 70
Surah Al-Ma`ārij - سورة المعارج
(The Way of Ascent)

Noble Qur'an Table of Content

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

70:1

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Transliteration

Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA

Sahih International

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

Pickthall

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

Yusuf Ali

A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall-

70:2

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Transliteration

Lilkafireena laysa lahu dafiAA

Sahih International

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

Pickthall

Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

Yusuf Ali

The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off,-

70:3

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Transliteration

Mina Allahi thee almaAAarij

Sahih International

[It is] from Allah , owner of the ways of ascent.

Pickthall

From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

Yusuf Ali

(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.

70:4

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Transliteration

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

Sahih International

The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

Pickthall

(Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.

Yusuf Ali

The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:

70:5

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Transliteration

Fasbir sabran jameela

Sahih International

So be patient with gracious patience.

Pickthall

But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.

Yusuf Ali

Therefore do thou hold Patience,- a Patience of beautiful (contentment).

70:6

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Transliteration

Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda

Sahih International

Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

Pickthall

Lo! they behold it afar off

Yusuf Ali

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):

70:7

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Transliteration

Wanarahu qareeba

Sahih International

But We see it [as] near.

Pickthall

While we behold it nigh:

Yusuf Ali

But We see it (quite) near.

70:8

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Transliteration

Yawma takoonu assamao kalmuhl

Sahih International

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

Pickthall

The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

Yusuf Ali

The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,

70:9

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Transliteration

Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihn

Sahih International

And the mountains will be like wool,

Pickthall

And the hills become as flakes of wool,

Yusuf Ali

And the mountains will be like wool,

70:10

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Transliteration

Wala yas-alu hameemun hameema

Sahih International

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

Pickthall

And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

Yusuf Ali

And no friend will ask after a friend,

70:11

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Transliteration

Yubassaroonahum yawaddu almujrimu lawyaftadee min AAathabi yawmi-ithin bibaneeh

Sahih International

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

Pickthall

Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

Yusuf Ali

Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,

70:12

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Transliteration

Wasahibatihi waakheeh

Sahih International

And his wife and his brother

Pickthall

And his spouse and his brother

Yusuf Ali

His wife and his brother,

70:13

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Transliteration

Wafaseelatihi allatee tu/weeh

Sahih International

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

Pickthall

And his kin that harboured him

Yusuf Ali

His kindred who sheltered him,

70:14

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Transliteration

Waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan thummayunjeeh

Sahih International

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

Pickthall

And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

Yusuf Ali

And all, all that is on earth,- so it could deliver him:

70:15

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Transliteration

Kalla innaha latha

Sahih International

No! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

Pickthall

But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

Yusuf Ali

By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell!-

70:16

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Transliteration

NazzaAAatan lishshawa

Sahih International

A remover of exteriors.

Pickthall

Eager to roast;

Yusuf Ali

Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!-

70:17

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Transliteration

TadAAoo man adbara watawalla

Sahih International

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

Pickthall

It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

Yusuf Ali

Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right).

70:18

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Transliteration

WajamaAAa faawAAa

Sahih International

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

Pickthall

And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.

Yusuf Ali

And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!

70:19

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Transliteration

Inna al-insana khuliqa halooAAa

Sahih International

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

Pickthall

Lo! man was created anxious,

Yusuf Ali

Truly man was created very impatient;-

70:20

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Transliteration

Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa

Sahih International

When evil touches him, impatient,

Pickthall

Fretful when evil befalleth him

Yusuf Ali

Fretful when evil touches him;

70:21

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Transliteration

Wa-itha massahu alkhayru manooAAa

Sahih International

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

Pickthall

And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

Yusuf Ali

And niggardly when good reaches him;-

70:22

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Transliteration

Illa almusalleen

Sahih International

Except the observers of prayer -

Pickthall

Save worshippers.

Yusuf Ali

Not so those devoted to Prayer;-

70:23

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Transliteration

Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon

Sahih International

Those who are constant in their prayer

Pickthall

Who are constant at their worship

Yusuf Ali

Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;

70:24

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Transliteration

Wallatheena fee amwalihimhaqqun maAAloom

Sahih International

And those within whose wealth is a known right

Pickthall

And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

Yusuf Ali

And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.

70:25

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Transliteration

Lissa-ili walmahroom

Sahih International

For the petitioner and the deprived -

Pickthall

For the beggar and the destitute;

Yusuf Ali

For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking);

70:26

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Transliteration

Wallatheena yusaddiqoonabiyawmi addeen

Sahih International

And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

Pickthall

And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

Yusuf Ali

And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;

70:27

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Transliteration

Wallatheena hum min AAathabirabbihim mushfiqoon

Sahih International

And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

Pickthall

And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

Yusuf Ali

And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord,-

70:28

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Transliteration

Inna AAathaba rabbihim ghayru ma/moon

Sahih International

Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

Pickthall

Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -

Yusuf Ali

For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity;-

70:29

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Transliteration

Wallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoon

Sahih International

And those who guard their private parts

Pickthall

And those who preserve their chastity

Yusuf Ali

And those who guard their chastity,

70:30

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Transliteration

Illa AAala azwajihim awma malakat aymanuhum fa-innahum ghayru maloomeen

Sahih International

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

Pickthall

Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;

Yusuf Ali

Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed,

70:31

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Transliteration

Famani ibtagha waraa thalikafaola-ika humu alAAadoon

Sahih International

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

Pickthall

But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

Yusuf Ali

But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors;-

70:32

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Transliteration

Wallatheena hum li-amanatihimwaAAahdihim raAAoon

Sahih International

And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

Pickthall

And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

Yusuf Ali

And those who respect their trusts and covenants;

70:33

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Transliteration

Wallatheena hum bishahadatihimqa-imoon

Sahih International

And those who are in their testimonies upright

Pickthall

And those who stand by their testimony

Yusuf Ali

And those who stand firm in their testimonies;

70:34

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Transliteration

Wallatheena hum AAala salatihimyuhafithoon

Sahih International

And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

Pickthall

And those who are attentive at their worship.

Yusuf Ali

And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship;-

70:35

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Transliteration

Ola-ika fee jannatin mukramoon

Sahih International

They will be in gardens, honored.

Pickthall

These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

Yusuf Ali

Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).

70:36

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Transliteration

Famali allatheena kafarooqibalaka muhtiAAeen

Sahih International

So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

Pickthall

What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,

Yusuf Ali

Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee-

70:37

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Transliteration

AAani alyameeni waAAani ashshimaliAAizeen

Sahih International

[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?

Pickthall

On the right and on the left, in groups?

Yusuf Ali

From the right and from the left, in crowds?

70:38

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Transliteration

AyatmaAAu kullu imri-in minhum anyudkhala jannata naAAeem

Sahih International

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

Pickthall

Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?

Yusuf Ali

Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?

70:39

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Transliteration

Kalla inna khalaqnahummimma yaAAlamoon

Sahih International

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

Pickthall

Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

Yusuf Ali

By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!

70:40

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Transliteration

Fala oqsimu birabbi almashariqiwalmagharibi inna laqadiroon

Sahih International

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

Pickthall

But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

Yusuf Ali

Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly-

70:41

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Transliteration

AAala an nubaddila khayran minhum wamanahnu bimasbooqeen

Sahih International

To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

Pickthall

To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

Yusuf Ali

Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan).

70:42

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Transliteration

Fatharhum yakhoodoowayalAAaboo hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allatheeyooAAadoon

Sahih International

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

Pickthall

So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

Yusuf Ali

So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised!-

70:43

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Transliteration

Yawma yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi siraAAankaannahum ila nusubin yoofidoon

Sahih International

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

Pickthall

The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

Yusuf Ali

The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them),-

70:44

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Transliteration

KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun thalika alyawmu allatheekanoo yooAAadoon

Sahih International

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

Pickthall

With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.

Yusuf Ali

Their eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!

Al-Qur'an 2:28

"How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned."

Al-Qur'an 3:102

"O ye who believe! Heed Allah as He deserves to be heeded, and die not except in a state of Islam [in submission to Him]."

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

"And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record. And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein that a specified term may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do."

Al-Qur'an 7:172

"And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware.""

Al-Qur'an 10:31

"Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, " Allah ," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?" "

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

"Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, " Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?" Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?" And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do."

Al-Qur'an 10:45

"And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided"

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

"And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure. And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers. And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor. And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]. And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing."

Al-Qur'an 16:61

"And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon the earth any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

“And man says, ‘When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?’ Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?”

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

"And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah , the best of creators. Then indeed, after that you are to die. Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.”

Al-Qur'an 23:32

"And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah ; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?""

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

"And indeed, you invite them to a straight path. But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path. And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly. And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]. Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair."

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

"And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful. And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered. And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason? Rather, they say like what the former peoples said. They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected? We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples." Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?" They will say, "To Allah ." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

"Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?" They will say, "[They belong] to Allah ." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?" Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?" They will say, "[All belongs] to Allah ." Say, "Then how are you deluded?" Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars. Allah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have sought to overcome others. Exalted is Allah above what they describe [concerning Him]. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him]."

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

"[For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back. That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected. So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another. And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally."

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

"[ Allah ] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?" They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate." He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known. Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?" So exalted is Allah , the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne."

Al-Qur'an 40:57

“The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.”

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

"It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason. He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is."

Al-Qur'an 41:39

“And among His Signs, that you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) to it, it is stirred to life and growth (of vegetations). Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is Able to give life to the dead (on the Day of Resurrection). Indeed He is Able to do all things.”

Al-Qur'an 44:38

“And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play."

Al-Qur'an 51:56

"And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

"Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?"

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

"O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous, Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?"

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

"Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? And at the sky - how it is raised? And at the mountains - how they are erected? And at the earth - how it is spread out? So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller."

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him."

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

(Al-Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 479)

Chapter 70 Surah Al-Ma`ārij - سورة المعارج (The Way of Ascent)

Al-Qur'an 2:28

Al-Qur'an 3:102

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

Al-Qur'an 7:172

Al-Qur'an 10:31

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

Al-Qur'an 10:45

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

Al-Qur'an 16:61

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

Al-Qur'an 23:32

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

Al-Qur'an 40:57

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

Al-Qur'an 41:39

Al-Qur'an 44:38

Al-Qur'an 51:56

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

Chapter 70
Surah Al-Ma`ārij - سورة المعارج
(The Way of Ascent)