Standing for Truth (70:33)

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Al-Ma'arij (70:33)

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَـٰدَٰتِهِمْ قَآئِمُونَ ٣٣

and who are honest in their testimony;

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

and those who are upright in their testimonies,

— T. Usmani

And those who are in their testimonies upright

— Saheeh International

And those who stand firm in their testimonies.

— Al-Hilali & Khan

who give honest testimony

— M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

and those who are upright in their testimonies;1

— A. Maududi (Tafhim commentary)

[1]That is, they neither conceal evidence nor change it in any way for selfish motives.

And those who stand by their testimony

— M. Pickthall

And those who stand firm in their testimonies;

— A. Yusuf Ali

جو اپنی گواہیوں میں راست بازی پر قائم رہتے ہیں

— Fe Zilal al-Qur'an

جو اپنی گواہیوں میں راست بازی پر قائم رہتے ہیں، 1

— Tafheem e Qur'an - Syed Abu Ali Maududi

[1]یعنی نہ شہادت چھپاتے ہیں،نہ اس میں کوئی کمی بیشی کرتے ہیں۔

اور جو اپنی گواہیوں پر سیدھے اور قائم رہتے ہیں.[1]

— Maulana Muhammad Junagarhi

[1]یعنی اسے صحیح صحیح ادا کرتے ہیں چاہے اس کی زد میں ان کے قریبی عزیز ہی آجائیں علاوہ ازیں اسے چھپاتے بھی نہیں، نہ اس میں تبدیلی ہی کرتے ہیں۔

اور جو اپنی شہادتوں پر قائم رہتے ہیں

— Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari

اور وہ جو اپنی گواہیوں پر قائم رہنے والے ہیں۔

— بیان القرآن (ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد)

اور جو اپنی گواہیوں پر سیدھے ہیں [1]

— Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al-Hasan(with Tafsir E Usmani)

[1]یعنی ضرورت پڑے تو بلاکم و کاست اور بے رو رعایت گواہی دیتے ہیں۔ حق پوشی نہیں کرتے۔

Jo apni gawahiyon mein raast baazi (upright) par qayam rehte hain

— Abul Ala Maududi(Roman Urdu)

اور جو اپنی گواہیوں پر قائم رہتے ہیں

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

[https://quran.com/al-maarij/33]

Surah al-Ma'arij, ayah 22 begins to introduce a certain kind of person: one who prays, the one who can expect to be saved, from punishment, when the Day is established, and the next few ayaat are describing this praying person's actions. Then, ayah 33, introduces this person as one who stands for the truth, remaining firm on their testimony, honest and upright. This stand is expressed by the word قَآئِمُونَ .

Looking up the words formed with the same root as قَآئِمُونَ :

According to corpus.quran.com

The triliteral root qāf wāw mīm (ق و م) occurs 660 times in the Quran, in 22 derived forms:

33 times as the form I verb qāma (قَامَ)

54 times as the form IV verb aqāma (أَقَامَ)

10 times as the form X verb is'taqāmu (ٱسْتَقَٰمُ)

four times as the noun aqwam (أَقْوَم)

once as the noun qawām (قَوَام)

three times as the noun qawwāmīn (قَوَّٰمِين)

383 times as the noun qawm (قَوْم)

70 times as the noun qiyāmat (قِيَٰمَة)

once as the adjective qiyam (قِيَم)

five times as the adjective qayyim (قَيِّم)

twice as the nominal qayyimat (قَيِّمَة)

three times as the adjective qayyūm (قَيُّوم)

14 times as the noun maqām (مَقَام)

17 times as the active participle qāim (قَآئِم)

five times as the active participle qāimat (قَآئِمَة)

once as the form II verbal noun taqwīm (تَقْوِيم)

twice as the form IV verbal noun iqām (إِقَام)

once as the form IV verbal noun iqāmat (إِقَامَت)

10 times as the form IV active participle muqīm (مُّقِيم)

three times as the form IV passive participle muqām (مُقَام)

once as the form IV passive participle muqāmat (مُقَامَة)

37 times as the form X active participle mus'taqīm (مُّسْتَقِيم)

This blog is to explore and understand the stands we need to take to become successful. 

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