# 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 1 - **Surah:** 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij (The Ascending Stairways) — سورة المعارج - **Verse:** 1 / 44 · **Juz:** 29 · **Mushaf page:** 567 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-1 ## Arabic سَاَلَ سَٓائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍۙ ## Transcription Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAA ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley An inquirer asked about an impending punishment. ### Progressive Muslims Someone asked about the inevitable retribution. ### Shabbir Ahmed A questioner might ask about the catastrophe that is bound to fall. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation A petitioner asked about a punishment to come ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation Someone asked about the inevitable retribution. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament A questioner may question the inevitable retribution. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen ### Muhammad Asad ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall ### Marmaduke Pickthall A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary A beseecher besought the visitation of chastisement,[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Some commentators have taken the verb saala in the text in the meaning of asking, and have interpreted the verse to mean: The asker has asked: whom will the torment with which we are being threatened befall. And Allah has answered it, saying: It will befall the disbelievers. But most of the commentators have taken saala here in the meaning of demanding. Nasai and other traditionists have related a tradition from Ibn Abbas, and Hakim hold it as authentic, that Nadr bin al-Harith Kaladah had said: O God, if it is really the truth sent dawn by You, then rain down stones on us from the heavens, or send down any other painful torment on us. (Surah Al-Anfaal, Ayat 32). Apart from this, at several places in the Quran the disbelievers’ this challenge has been related: Why don’t you bring down on us the torment that you threaten us with? For instance, see (Surah Younus, Ayats 46-48); (Surah Al-Anbiya, Ayats 36-41);( Surah An-Naml, Ayats 67-72); ( Surah Saba, Ayats 26-30); ( Surah YaSeen, Ayats 45-52); ( Surah Al-Mulk, Ayats 24-27). ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Some Pagan once asked: "When do we expect our turn to suffer that punitive punishment and the encounter with the promised Day of Judgement?" ### Bijan Moeinian Someone asked about the punishment in Hereafter. ### Al-Hilali & Khan A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall- ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran A challenger[1] has demanded a punishment bound to come ### Taqi Usmani A demanding person has asked for the punishment that is going to befall ### Abdul Haleem A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment. ### Arthur John Arberry A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall ### E. Henry Palmer An asker asked for torment that must befall, ### Hamid S. Aziz A questioner asked about the chastisement which must befall ### Mahmoud Ghali A questioner asked of a befalling torment. ### George Sale One demanded and called for vengeance to fall on the unbelievers: ### Syed Vickar Ahamed A questioner asked about the penalty to befall (yet to happen)— ### Amatul Rahman Omar A solicitor solicited the punishment which is bound to befall. ### Ali Quli Qarai An asker asked for a punishment bound to befall ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali İstedi bir sail bir azabı ki olacak ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) İsteyen biri, olacak bir azabı istedi. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Sorgulayan, gerçekleşecek azabını sordu! ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı İstekte bulunan biri, (muhakkak) gerçekleşecek olan bir azabı istedi. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali - Birisi, yükselme derecelerinin sahibi olan Allah'tan kafirlere gelecek olan ve hiç kimsenin savaşamayacağı azabı sordu. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali (1-3) Soran birisi, yükselme yollarının sahibi Allah tarafından kafirlere kesinlikle inecek olan ve hiç kimsenin uzaklaştıramayacağı azabı sordu. ### Gültekin Onan İstekte bulunan biri, (muhakkak) gerçekleşecek olan bir azabı istedi. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim İsteyen biri inecek azabı istedi. ### İbni Kesir İsteyen birisi, inecek azabı istedi. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Sorup araştırmak isteyen biri, (öteki dünyada) başa gelecek azabı sorabilir, ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Araştıran biri, inecek azap hakkında bilgi istedi. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Bir soran, inecek azabı sordu: ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Soran birisi, geleceği kuşkusuz azabı sordu. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Herhangi bir soru/istek sahibi (ahirette) vuku bulması kesin olan tarifsiz azabı hemen (burada) sorup isteyebilir; ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an İsteyen, gerçekleşecek olan azabı istedi. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Soran birisi, gerçekleşecek olan cezayı sordu. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Birisi, başa gelecek azabı sordu. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Soran biri gerçekleşecek azabı sordu. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an İsteyen, gerçekleşecek olan azabı istedi. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an İsteyen, gerçekleşecek olan azabı istedi. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Birisi, (ileride) gerçekleşecek olan azabı (hemen şimdi) istedi[1]. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Enfal 8/32,](https://quran.so/8/32) [Yunus 10/50](https://quran.so/10/50)-[51,](https://quran.so/10/51) [Hac 22/47,](https://quran.so/22/47) [Şuara 26/204,](https://quran.so/26/204) [Ankebut 29/53](https://quran.so/29/53)-[54,](https://quran.so/29/54) [Saffat 37/176.](https://quran.so/37/176) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | سَأَلَ — sa-ala | Asked | سال — Sin-Elif-Lam | | 2 | سَآئِلٌۢ — sāilun | a questioner | سال — Sin-Elif-Lam | | 3 | بِعَذَابٍۢ — biʿadhābin | about a punishment | عذب — Ayn-Zal-Be | | 4 | وَاقِعٍۢ — wāqiʿin | bound to happen | وقع — Vav-Kaf-Ayn | --- Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-2.md Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.