70:1

Surah Al-Ma'arij, ayah 1

Surah Al-Ma'arij (chapter 70) · Ayah 1 · Juz 29 · Page 568

Surah Al-Ma'arij, ayah 1 (70:1) means: “A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen[1748]” (Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2))

Updated: 10 Nov 2026
Text: Uthmani script (Tanzil)
Translation: Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

70:1

Al-Ma'arij · Ayah 1

سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen[1748]

Translator's notes

[1748] In the Hereafter. Disbelievers had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) by invoking Allāh to bring on His punishment. See 8:32.

Quran 70:1 (Al-Ma'arij) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

Text sources

Arabic text · Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), Uthmani text version 1.1, CC BY 3.0, copied without changes
Translation · English Translation - Noor International Center · QuranEnc.com v1.1.2
Juz & pages · Tanzil Quran Metadata 1.0 (Madinah mushaf, 604 pages), CC BY 3.0