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Al-Ma'arij 4

Ayah 4 of 44 · Meccan

تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ ٤

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. تَعۡرُجُAscendtaʿruju
  2. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُthe Angelsl-malāikatu
  3. وَٱلرُّوحُand the Spiritwal-rūḥu
  4. إِلَيۡهِto Himilayhi
  5. فِيinfī
  6. يَوۡمٖa Dayyawmin
  7. كَانَ[is]kāna
  8. مِقۡدَارُهُۥits measuremiq'dāruhu
  9. خَمۡسِينَ(is) fiftykhamsīna
  10. أَلۡفَthousandalfa
  11. سَنَةٖyear(s)sanatin

Tafsir

The angels and Gabriel will ascend in them ranks on the Day of Judgement: it is a day of which the duration is fifty thousand years.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran