Al-Ma'aarij

The Ascending Stairways · 44 Verses · Chapter 70

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ سَأَلَ سَاۤىِٕلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ

ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall

لِّلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ لَیۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعࣱ

those who deny the truth. [Know, then, that] nothing can ward it off,

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِی ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ

[since it will come] from God, unto whom there are many ways of ascent: