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Annotated Qur'an
Sura 70: The Ladders
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Qur'an 70:1 A questioner questioned the imminent torment.	Qur'an 70:1 Notes

Qur'an 70:2 For the disbelievers; none can repel it.	Qur'an 70:2 Notes

Qur'an 70:3 From God, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.	Qur'an 70:3 Notes

Qur'an 70:4 Unto Him the angels and the Spirit ascend on a Day the duration of which is fifty thousand years.	Qur'an 70:4 Notes

Qur'an 70:5 So be patient, with sweet patience.	Qur'an 70:5 Notes

Qur'an 70:6 They see it distant.	Qur'an 70:6 Notes

Qur'an 70:7 But We see it near.	Qur'an 70:7 Notes

Qur'an 70:8 On the Day when the sky will be like molten brass.	Qur'an 70:8 Notes

Qur'an 70:9 And the mountains will be like tufted wool.	Qur'an 70:9 Notes

Qur'an 70:10 No friend will care about his friend.	Qur'an 70:10 Notes

Qur'an 70:11 They will be shown each other. The criminal wishes he would be redeemed from the punishment of that Day by his children.	Qur'an 70:11 Notes

Qur'an 70:12 And his spouse, and his brother.	Qur'an 70:12 Notes

Qur'an 70:13 And his family that sheltered him.	Qur'an 70:13 Notes

Qur'an 70:14 And everyone on earth, in order to save him.	Qur'an 70:14 Notes

Qur'an 70:15 By no means! It is a Raging Fire.	Qur'an 70:15 Notes

Qur'an 70:16 It strips away the scalps.	Qur'an 70:16 Notes

Qur'an 70:17 It invites him who once turned his back and fled.	Qur'an 70:17 Notes

Qur'an 70:18 And accumulated and hoarded.	Qur'an 70:18 Notes

Qur'an 70:19 Man was created restless.	Qur'an 70:19 Notes

Qur'an 70:20 Touched by adversity, he is fretful.	Qur'an 70:20 Notes

Qur'an 70:21 Touched by good, he is ungenerous.	Qur'an 70:21 Notes

Qur'an 70:22 Except the prayerful.	Qur'an 70:22 Notes

Qur'an 70:23 Those who are constant at their prayers.	Qur'an 70:23 Notes

Qur'an 70:24 And those in whose wealth is a rightful share.	Qur'an 70:24 Notes

Qur'an 70:25 For the beggar and the deprived.	Qur'an 70:25 Notes

Qur'an 70:26 And those who affirm the Day of Judgment.	Qur'an 70:26 Notes

Qur'an 70:27 And those who fear the punishment of their Lord.	Qur'an 70:27 Notes

Qur'an 70:28 Their Lord’s punishment is not to be taken for granted.	Qur'an 70:28 Notes

Qur'an 70:29 And those who guard their chastity.	Qur'an 70:29 Notes

Qur'an 70:30 Except from their spouses or those living under their control, for then they are free of blame.	Qur'an 70:30 Notes

Qur'an 70:31 But whoever seeks to go beyond that—these are the transgressors.	Qur'an 70:31 Notes

Qur'an 70:32 And those who honor their trusts and their pledges.	Qur'an 70:32 Notes

Qur'an 70:33 And those who stand by their testimonies.	Qur'an 70:33 Notes

Qur'an 70:34 And those who are dedicated to their prayers.	Qur'an 70:34 Notes

Qur'an 70:35 These will be honored in Gardens.	Qur'an 70:35 Notes

Qur'an 70:36 What is with those who disbelieve, stretching their necks towards you.	Qur'an 70:36 Notes

Qur'an 70:37 From the right, and from the left, banding together?	Qur'an 70:37 Notes

Qur'an 70:38 Is every one of them aspiring to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?	Qur'an 70:38 Notes

Qur'an 70:39 No indeed! We created them from what they know.	Qur'an 70:39 Notes

Qur'an 70:40 I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests, that We are Able.	Qur'an 70:40 Notes

Qur'an 70:41 To replace them with better than they, and We are not to be outdone.	Qur'an 70:41 Notes

Qur'an 70:42 So leave them to blunder and play, until they meet their Day which they are promised.	Qur'an 70:42 Notes

Qur'an 70:43 The Day when they will emerge from the tombs in a rush, as though they were hurrying towards a target.	Qur'an 70:43 Notes

Qur'an 70:44 Their eyes cast down; overwhelmed by humiliation. This is the Day which they were promised.	Qur'an 70:44 Notes