Surah Al-Ma'arij, Ayah 4 (70:4)

ٱلْمَعَارِج

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

Quran 70:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Al-Ma'arij (“The Ascending Stairways”), a Meccan surah of 44 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 568 of the Madani Mushaf.

70:4
تَعْرُجُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُوَٱلرُّوحُإِلَيْهِفِىيَوْمٍكَانَمِقْدَارُهُۥخَمْسِينَأَلْفَسَنَةٍ٤
taʿruju l-malāikatu wal-rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miq'dāruhu khamsīna alfa sanatin

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.(4)

Word by word

  1. تَعْرُجُtaʿrujuAscend
  2. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
  3. وَٱلرُّوحُwal-rūḥuand the Spirit
  4. إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
  5. فِىfīin
  6. يَوْمٍyawmina Day
  7. كَانَkāna[is]
  8. مِقْدَارُهُۥmiq'dāruhuits measure
  9. خَمْسِينَkhamsīna(is) fifty
  10. أَلْفَalfathousand
  11. سَنَةٍsanatinyear(s)

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