Surah Al-Ma'arij (المعارج) • The Ascending Stairways

Quran 70:1

70:1

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿin

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

— Saheeh International

A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

سَأَلَsa-alaAsked
سَآئِلٌۢsāiluna questioner
بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābinabout a punishment
وَاقِعٍۢwāqiʿinbound to happen