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سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ · 70:34
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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

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And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

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Introduction

This is āyah 34 of Sūrat Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways), the 79th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 29. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
79 of 114
Surah
Al-Ma'aarij (70)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Verily, man was created very impatient (19)Apprehensive when evil touches him (20)And suppressive when good touches him (21)Except those who are devoted to Salah (22)Those who with their Salah are Da'imun (23)And those in whose wealth there is a recognized right (24)For the one who asks, and for the deprived (25)And those who believe in the Day of Recompense (26)And those who fear the torment of their Lord (27)Verily, the torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure (28)And those who guard their private part (chastity)(29)Except from their wives or their right hand possessions – for (then) they are not blameworthy (30)But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers (31)And those who keep their trusts and covenants (32)And those who stand firm in their testimonies (33)And those who are with their Salah, Yuhafizun (34)Such shall dwell in the Gardens…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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