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سُورَةُ المَعَارِجِ · 70:39
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كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

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No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.

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Introduction

This is āyah 39 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)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight? Nay�) [70:38-39]. The commentators of the Qur�an said: �The idolaters used to gather round the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, to listen to him but did not benefit from him. Instead, they gave him the lie and mocked him. They said: �If these were to enter Paradise, we shall certainly enter it before them, and we will have more wealth therein than they will ever have�. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse�.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

So, what is the matter with those disbelievers, before you Muhti'i (36)On the right and on the left, 'Izin (37)Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of Delight (38)But no! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know (39)But no! I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that surely We are Abl (40)To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun (41)So, leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised (42)The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a Nusub (43)With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised (44) The Rebuke of the Disbelievers and the Threat against Them Allah rebukes the disbelievers who, in the time of the Prophet ﷺ, saw him and the guidance Allah sent him with. They wit…
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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