Meccan·Surah 70

المعارج

Surah Al-Ma'arij — Ayah 18

The Ascending Stairways

44 Ayahs·Verse 70:18
70:18

وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓ

And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

Context in Surah Al-Ma'arij

Nearby ayahs help place verse 70:18 in sequence and meaning.

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ

A remover of exteriors.

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا

Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا

When evil touches him, impatient,