Meccan·Surah 70

المعارج

Surah Al-Ma'arij — Ayah 11

The Ascending Stairways

44 Ayahs·Verse 70:11
70:11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

Context in Surah Al-Ma'arij

Nearby ayahs help place verse 70:11 in sequence and meaning.

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

And the mountains will be like wool,

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

And his nearest kindred who shelter him