Meccan·Surah 70

المعارج

Surah Al-Ma'arij — Ayah 12

The Ascending Stairways

44 Ayahs·Verse 70:12
70:12

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ

And his wife and his brother

Context in Surah Al-Ma'arij

Nearby ayahs help place verse 70:12 in sequence and meaning.

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًا

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

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

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِى تُـْٔوِيهِ

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.