Al-Maarij (المعارج)
Chapter 70 · The Ascending Stairways · Juz 29
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا
Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
Quran 70:10 — Surah Al-Maarij
This is verse 10 of 44 in Surah Al-Maarij (المعارج), meaning “The Ascending Stairways”. It is a Meccan surah — revealed in Makkah before the Hijrah. This verse is located in Juz 29 (Part 29) of the Quran.
Surah Al-Maarij is the 70th chapter of the Holy Quran and contains 44 verses (ayat). You can listen to this surah with audio recitation and follow along with transliteration on QuranMakkah.com.
To pronounce this verse, follow the transliteration below. Each syllable represents the Arabic sounds written in Latin letters:
Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa
يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ
On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ
And the mountains will be like wool,
وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا
And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ
And his wife and his brother