Surah Al-Ma'arij — Verse 4

The Ascending Stairways · 70:4 · 4/44

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him, on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years.

Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Mufti Taqi Usmani

to whom ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the length of which is fifty thousand years.

Al-Hilali & Khan

The angels and the Rûh [Jibrîl (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in one Day the duration of which is fifty thousand years.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

all the angels and all the inspiration [ever granted to man] ascend unto Him [daily,] in a day the length whereof is [like] fifty thousand years…

Rowwad · source edition

by which the angels and the Spirit[2] will ascend to Him on a Day[3] the length of which is fifty thousand years.

Notes

[2] i.e., the angel Gabriel. [3] The Day of Judgment will be an extremely long day.