Meccan·Surah 70

المعارج

Surah Al-Ma'arij — Ayah 3

The Ascending Stairways

44 Ayahs·Verse 70:3
70:3

مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِى ٱلْمَعَارِجِ

[It is] from Allah, owner of the ways of ascent.

Context in Surah Al-Ma'arij

Nearby ayahs help place verse 70:3 in sequence and meaning.

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍۢ وَاقِعٍۢ

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٌۭ

To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍۢ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ

The angels and the Spirit will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًۭا جَمِيلًا

So be patient with gracious patience.