Surah Al-Ma'arij, Ayah 38 (70:38)

ٱلْمَعَارِج

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍ

Quran 70:38 is ayah 38 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.

70:38
أَيَطْمَعُكُلُّٱمْرِئٍمِّنْهُمْأَنيُدْخَلَجَنَّةَنَعِيمٍ٣٨
ayaṭmaʿu kullu im'ri-in min'hum an yud'khala jannata naʿīmin

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?(38)

Word by word

  1. أَيَطْمَعُayaṭmaʿuDoes long
  2. كُلُّkulluevery
  3. ٱمْرِئٍim'ri-inperson
  4. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
  5. أَنanthat
  6. يُدْخَلَyud'khalahe enters
  7. جَنَّةَjannataa Garden
  8. نَعِيمٍnaʿīmin(of) Delight

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