The Ascending Stairways
70. Al-Maʿārij
المعارج
al-Ma‘ārij (Lofty Stations)
ٱلْمَعَارِج
70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ
يَوَدُّ
الْمُجْرِمُ
لَوْ
يَفْتَدِي
مِنْ
عَذَابِ
يَوْمِئِذٍ
بِبَنِيهِ
yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-mujrimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmiʾidhin bi-banīhi
though they may see each other. A sinner will wish that he could save himself from the torment of that day by sacrificing his children,
