Chapter 52, 49 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Mount,
I swear by the Mountain,
Waalttoori
وَٱلطُّورِ
And a Scripture inscribed
And the Book written
Wakitabin mastoorin
وَكِتَٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ
On fine parchment unrolled,
In an outstretched fine parchment,
Fee raqqin manshoorin
فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ
And the House frequented,
And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,
Waalbayti almaAAmoori
وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ
And the roof exalted,
And the elevated canopy
Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi
وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ
And the sea kept filled,
And the swollen sea
Waalbahri almasjoori
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;
Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
There is none that can ward it off.
There shall be none to avert it;
Ma lahu min dafiAAin
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
And the mountains shall pass away passing away (altogether).
Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا
Then woe that day unto the deniers
So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth),
Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Who play in talk of grave matters;
Those who sport entering into vain discourses.
Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ
The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence.
Yawma yudaAAAAoona ila nari jahannama daAAAAan
يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
This is the fire which you used to give the lie to.
Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
Is this magic, or do ye not see ?
Is it magic then or do you not see?
Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.
Enter into it, then bear (it) patiently, or do not bear (it) patiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited only (for) what you did.
Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon AAalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloona
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and bliss
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ
Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell - fire.
Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire.
Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum AAathaba aljaheemi
فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to large - eyed beautiful ones.
Muttakieena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned.
And (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not diminish to them aught of their work; every man is responsible for what he shall have wrought.
Waallatheena amanoo waittabaAAathum thurriyyatuhum bieemanin alhaqna bihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum min AAamalihim min shayin kullu imriin bima kasaba raheenun
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
And We will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they desire.
Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin.
YatanazaAAoona feeha kasan la laghwun feeha wala tatheemun
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
And round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were hidden pearls.
Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum luluon maknoonun
وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
And some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other.
Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
Saying: Surely we feared before on account of our families:
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind:
Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi
فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful.
Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman.
Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time ?
Or do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents of time.
Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.
Say: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who wait.
Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk ?
Nay! do their understandings bid them this? Or are they an inordinate people?
Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Or say they: He hath invented it ? Nay, but they will not believe!
Or do they say: He has forged it. Nay! they do not believe.
Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
Then let them bring an announcement like it if they are truthful.
Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ
Or were they created out of naught ? Or are they the creators ?
Or were they created without there being anything, or are they the creators?
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona
أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ
Or did they create the heavens and the earth ? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! they have no certainty.
Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona
أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord ? Or have they been given charge (thereof) ?
Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority?
Am AAindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.
Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons ?
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt ?
Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down ?
Or have they the unseen so that they write (it) down?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger) ? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
Or do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in war.
Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ
Or have they any god beside Allah ? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
Or have they a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with Him).
Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona
أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up clouds.
Wain yaraw kisfan mina alssamai saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder - stricken,
Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror):
Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona
فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ
A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.
The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall they be helped.
Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shayan wala hum yunsaroona
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them do not know.
Wainna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest,
And wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, for surely you are before Our eyes, and sing the praise of your Lord when you rise;
Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fainnaka biaAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
And in the night - time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.
And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the setting of the stars.
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ