Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years

تَعْرُجُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ اِلَيْهِ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْس۪ينَ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ
TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana
#wordmeaningroot
1taʿrujuAscendعرج
2l-malāikatuthe Angelsملك
3wal-rūḥuand the Spiritروح
4ilayhito Him
5in
6yawmina Dayيوم
7kāna[is]كون
8miq'dāruhuits measureقدر
9khamsīna(is) fiftyخمس
10alfathousandالف
11sanatinyear(s)سنو
  • Aisha Bewley

    The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years.

  • Progressive Muslims

    The Angels and the Spirit ascent to Him in a day which is equivalent to fifty thousand years.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The Universal forces and the Divine Energy ascend unto Him in a Day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day which is equivalent to fifty thousand years.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The controllers and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day which is equivalent to fifty thousand years.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The angels, with their reports, climb to Him in a day that equals fifty thousand years.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    To whom the angels and the soul take a day to ascend, whose length is fifty thousand years.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

  • Muhammad Asad

    all the angels and all the inspiration ascend unto Him in a day the length whereof 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.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

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

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    To Him ascend the angels and the souls or the Spirit fast as they press their rate of motion to attain their purpose in a day of Allah's calendar that equals fifty thousand years of the earthly calendar.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Whenever the Angles and the Spirit ascend to God, it takes only a day for them while during this one day 50,years is passed by in earth.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    The angels and the Rûh ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof 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:

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    ˹through which˺ the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit will ascend to Him on a Day fifty thousand years in length.

  • Taqi Usmani

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

  • Abdul Haleem

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

  • Arthur John Arberry

    To Him the angels and the Spirit mount up, in a day whereof the measure is fifty thousand years.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    whereby ascend the angels and the Spirit unto Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a Day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    To Him the Angels and the Spirit ascend with difficulty to Him in a Day whereof the determined (length) is fifty thousand years.

  • George Sale

    by which the angels ascend unto Him, and the spirit Gabriel also, in a day whose space is fifty thousand years:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    The angels and the Spirit rise up to Him in a Day whose measure is fifty thousand years:

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    The angels and the Spirit (of the faithful) ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is (equal to) fifty thousand years (a day of spiritual advancement of the faithful is equivalent to fifty thousand years of material advancement, thus the development and progress of the human soul knows no end).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose span is fifty thousand years.