Al-Ma'aarij 70:1
The Ascending Stairways · ayah 1 of 44
سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ
Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA
"A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen"
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment."
Pickthall (classic)+
"A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall-"