The Ascending Stairways
70. Al-Maʿārij
المعارج
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ
يَوَدُّ
الْمُجْرِمُ
لَوْ
يَفْتَدِي
مِنْ
عَذَابِ
يَوْمِئِذٍ
بِبَنِيهِ
yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-mujrimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmiʾidhin bi-banīhi
Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,
— Abdullah Yusufali
[though] they will be placed within each other’s sight. The guilty one will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children,
