Quran 70:4 — Al-Ma'aarij, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him, on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years.
تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
taʿruju l-malāikatu wal-rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miq'dāruhu khamsīna alfa sanatin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- To Him the angels and the Spirit mount up, in a day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years.
- Muhammad Asad
- 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…
- Sahih International
- The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | تَعْرُجُtaʿruju | Ascend | عرج |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatu | the Angels | ملك |
| 3 | وَٱلرُّوحُwal-rūḥu | and the Spirit | روح |
| 4 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to Him | — |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | يَوْمٍۢyawmin | a Day | يوم |
| 7 | كَانَkāna | [is] | كون |
| 8 | مِقْدَارُهُۥmiq'dāruhu | its measure | قدر |
| 9 | خَمْسِينَkhamsīna | (is) fifty | خمس |
| 10 | أَلْفَalfa | thousand | ألف |
| 11 | سَنَةٍۢsanatin | year(s) | سنو |