Surah Al-Ma'arij, Ayah 31 (70:31)

ٱلْمَعَارِج

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ

Quran 70:31 is ayah 31 of Surah Al-Ma'arij (“The Ascending Stairways”), a Meccan surah of 44 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 569 of the Madani Mushaf.

70:31
فَمَنِٱبْتَغَىٰوَرَآءَذَٰلِكَفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْعَادُونَ٣١
famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūna

But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -(31)

Word by word

  1. فَمَنِfamaniBut whoever
  2. ٱبْتَغَىٰib'taghāseeks
  3. وَرَآءَwarāabeyond
  4. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  5. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
  6. هُمُhumu[they]
  7. ٱلْعَادُونَl-ʿādūna(are) the transgressors

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