The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'ân, by M.M. Pickthall
70. al-Ma`arij: The Ladders
1 A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
4 (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.