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Surah Al-Ma’arij, Verse 11

سورة المعارج، الآية ١١

70:11 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 569 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 70:11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ ۝١١

Transliteration

yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-muj'rimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīhi

Translation

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

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Verse 11 of Surah Al-Ma’arij (70:11), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 569 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 11

Al-Mukhtasar

Each human will see their relatives clearly, yet despite that no one will ask another due to the horror of the scenario. The one deserving of the hellfire will wish to present his children to the punishment instead of himself.

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Other translations of verse 11

even though they will see one another. The wicked will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by offering his children,

Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help]. The Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children,

Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,

(Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,

(As) they are made to behold them (i.e., each other). The criminal would like that he might ransom himself of the torment upon that Day (even) by his seeds,

Verse 11 word by word

  1. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ yubaṣṣarūnahum They will be made to see each other ب ص ر
  2. يَوَدُّ yawaddu Would wish و د د
  3. ٱلْمُجْرِمُ l-muj'rimu the criminal ج ر م
  4. لَوْ law if
  5. يَفْتَدِى yaftadī he (could be) ransomed ف د ي
  6. مِنْ min from
  7. عَذَابِ ʿadhābi (the) punishment ع ذ ب
  8. يَوْمِئِذٍۭ yawmi-idhin (of) that Day ي و م
  9. بِبَنِيهِ bibanīhi by his children ب ن ي

Verses related to verse 11

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Qari’ah 101:5

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

    And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

  • Luqman 31:33

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱخْشَوْا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ

    O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].

  • Fatir 35:18

    وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰٓ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِۦ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And if a heavily laden soul calls [another] to [carry some of] its load, nothing of it will be carried, even if he should be a close relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord unseen and have established prayer. And whoever purifies himself only purifies himself for [the benefit of] his soul. And to Allāh is the [final] destination.

  • ’Abasa 80:34–37

    يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ …

    On the Day a man will flee from his brother …

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