Wikipedia's first sentence called it “the 70th sura of the qur'an with 44 ayat”. Today it says “seventieth chapter”.
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70th chapter of the Qur'an Sūrat al-Maʻārij ( , “The Ascending Stairways”) is the seventieth chapter ( sūrah ) of the Qur'an with 44 verses ( āyāt ).1 The Surah takes its name from the word dhil Ma'arij in 3rd ayah . The word appears twice in the Quran. Abdullah Yusuf Ali an Indian Islamic scholar introduces the surah as “This is another Islamic eschatology Surah closely connected in subject matter with the last one . Patience and the mystery of Time will show the ways that climb the Heaven. Sin and Goodness must each eventually come to its own.” "The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Word by Word Grammar, Syntax and Morphology of the Holy Quran" .
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Surat Al-Maarih (The Ascending Stairways) is the 70th sura of the Qur'an with 44 ayat. v t e
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Surat Al-Maarij ( ) (The Ascending Stairways) is the 70th sura of the Qur'an with 44 ayat .
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Surat Al-Maarij ( , "The Ascending Stairways") is the 70th sura of the Qur'an with 44 ayat . The Surah takes its name from the word dhil Ma'arij in 3rd ayah .The word appears 2 times in Quran.Abdullah Yusuf Ali an Indian Islamic scholar introduces the surah as "This is another Islamic eschatology Surah closely connected in subject matter with the last one .Patience and the mystery of Time will show the ways that climb the Heaven.
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70th chapter of the Qur'an Al-Maʻārij ( , “The Ascending Stairways”) is the seventieth chapter ( sūrah ) of the Qur'an , with 44 verses ( āyāt ). The Surah takes its name from the word dhil Ma'arij in the third ayah . The word appears twice in the Quran. Abdullah Yusuf Ali , an Indian Islamic scholar , introduces the surah as “... another Islamic eschatology Surah closely connected in subject matter with the last one . Patience and the mystery of Time will show the ways that climb the Heaven. Sin and Goodness must each eventually come to its own.” It is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) that whoever recites Surah al-Ma'ārij, Allah will give him the rewards of those who keep their trusts and promises and those who observe upon performing their daily prayers.
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70th chapter of the Qur'an Al-Maʻārij ( Arabic : المعارج , “The Ascending Stairways”) is the seventieth chapter ( sūrah ) of the Qur'an , with 44 verses ( āyāt ). The Surah takes its name from the word dhil Ma'arij in the third ayah . The word appears twice in the Quran. Abdullah Yusuf Ali , an Indian Islamic scholar , introduces the surah as “... another Islamic eschatology Surah closely connected in subject matter with the last one . Patience and the mystery of Time will show the ways that climb the Heaven. Sin and Goodness must each eventually come to its own.” "The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Word by Word Grammar, Syntax and Morphology of the Holy Quran" .
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the 70th sura of the qur'an with 44 ayat
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seventieth chapter
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