Chapter 52, 49 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Mount,
Waalttoori
By the mount
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
And a Scripture inscribed
Wakitabin mastoorin
And [by] a Book inscribed
And by a Book Inscribed
On fine parchment unrolled,
Fee raqqin manshoorin
In parchment spread open
In parchment unrolled.
And the House frequented,
Waalbayti almaAAmoori
And [by] the frequented House
And by Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (the house over the heavens parallel to the Ka'bah at Makkah, continuously visited by the angels).
And the roof exalted,
Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi
And [by] the heaven raised high
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
And the sea kept filled,
Waalbahri almasjoori
And [by] the sea filled [with fire],
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
There is none that can ward it off.
Ma lahu min dafiAAin
Of it there is no preventer.
There is none that can avert it.
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
And the mountains will pass on, departing -
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
Then woe that day unto the deniers
Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
Who play in talk of grave matters;
Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona
Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
Who are playing in falsehood .
The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
Yawma yudaAAAAoona ila nari jahannama daAAAAan
The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing.
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
"This is the Fire which you used to deny.
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
Is this magic, or do ye not see ?
Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
Then is this magic, or do you not see?
Is this magic, or do you not see?
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.
Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon AAalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloona
[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."
Taste you therein its heat and whether you are patient of it or impatient of it, it is all the same. You are only being requited for what you used to do.
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin
Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell - fire.
Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum AAathaba aljaheemi
Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them, and (the fact that) their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire.
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
Muttakieena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Hur: (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes.
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.
Waallatheena amanoo waittabaAAathum thurriyyatuhum bieemanin alhaqna bihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum min AAamalihim min shayin kullu imriin bima kasaba raheenun
And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.
And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in Faith: to them shall We join their offspring, and We shall not decrease the reward of their deeds in anything. Every person is a pledge for that which he has earned.
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
YatanazaAAoona feeha kasan la laghwun feeha wala tatheemun
They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
There they shall pass from hand to hand a (wine) cup, free from any Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk between them), and free from sin (because it will be lawful for them to drink).
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum luluon maknoonun
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well - protected.
And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allah) in the midst of our families.
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi
So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.
"So Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
"Verily, We used to invoke Him (Alone and none else) before. Verily, He is Al-Barr (the Most Subtle, Kind, Courteous, and Generous), the Most Merciful."
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
Therefore, remind (mankind of Islamic Monotheism, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). By the Grace of Allah, you are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time ?
Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"
Or do they say: "(Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a poet! We await for him some calamity by time!"
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.
Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to them): "Wait! I am with you among the waiters!"
Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk ?
Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
Do their minds command them this [i.e. to tell a lie against you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)] or are they people transgressing all bounds?
Or say they: He hath invented it ? Nay, but they will not believe!
Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona
Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
Or do they say: "He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has forged it (this Qur'an)?" Nay! They believe not!
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful.
Or were they created out of naught ? Or are they the creators ?
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?
Or did they create the heavens and the earth ? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord ? Or have they been given charge (thereof) ?
Am AAindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons ?
Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt ?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
Or is it that you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) ask a wage from them (for your preaching of Islamic Monotheism) so that they are burdened with a load of debt?
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down ?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
Or that the Ghaib (Unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger) ? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
Or do they intend a plot (against you O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم)? But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) are themselves plotted against!
Or have they any god beside Allah ? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona
Or have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
Or have they an ilah (a god) other than Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him)
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
Wain yaraw kisfan mina alssamai saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder - stricken,
Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona
So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror).
A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.
Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shayan wala hum yunsaroona
The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
The Day when their plotting shall not avail them at all nor will they be helped (i.e. they will receive their torment in Hell).
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
Wainna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment (i.e. the torment in this world and in their graves) before this; but most of them know not. (Tafsir At-Tabari).
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,
Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fainnaka biaAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
And be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes. And exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord when you arise.
So wait patiently (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) for the Decision of your Lord, for verily, you are under Our Eyes ; and glorify the Praises of your Lord when you get up from sleep.
And in the night - time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi
And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.