Al-Maarij

Al-Maʻārij (, “The Ascending Stairways”) is the seventieth chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 44 verses (āyāt). The Surah takes its name from the word dhil Ma'arij in the third ayah. The word appears twice in the Quran. Abdullah Yusuf Ali, an Indian Islamic scholar, introduces the surah as “... another Islamic eschatology Surah closely connected in subject matter with the last one. Patience and the mystery of Time will show the ways that climb the Heaven. Sin and Goodness must each eventually come to its own.”

==Summary== 1 A man demanded that the day of judgment might come at once 2–4 The day, whose space is fifty thousand years, will surely come 5-9 Muhammad to bear the insults of the infidels patiently, because judgment is near 10-18 Riches, family, and friends will not save the wicked from hell 19-24 The wicked are niggardly in health, but full of complaint when evil befalleth 25-35 The character of true believers 36-41 Unbelievers need entertain no hope they shall escape destruction 42-44 Muhammad counselled to permit the unbelieving Makkans to sport themselves, because their damnation is near