Al-Ma’arij 70:3
The Ascending Stairways · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 568
Owner of the Ascending Ways
مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ٣
From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
From Allah, Owner of the ways of ascent.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “ma‘arij” as places of ascent, like a ladder: the degrees by which angels and deeds rise.
Reflect
Do a good deed today that will rise to Allah.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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