Chapter 52, 49 verses
I swear by the Mountain,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والطور
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
And the Book written
وكتاب مسطور
And by a Book Inscribed
In an outstretched fine parchment,
في رق منشور
In parchment unrolled.
And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,
والبيت المعمور
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 elevated canopy
والسقف المرفوع
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
And the swollen sea
والبحر المسجور
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;
إن عذاب ربك لواقع
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
There shall be none to avert it;
ما له من دافع
There is none that can avert it.
On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
يوم تمور السماء مورا
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
And the mountains shall pass away passing away (altogether).
وتسير الجبال سيرا
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth),
فويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
Those who sport entering into vain discourses.
الذين هم في خوض يلعبون
Who are playing in falsehood .
The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence.
يوم يدعون إلى نار جهنم دعا
The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing.
This is the fire which you used to give the lie to.
هذه النار التي كنتم بها تكذبون
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
Is it magic then or do you not see?
أفسحر هذا أم أنتم لا تبصرون
Is this magic, or do you not see?
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.
اصلوها فاصبروا أو لا تصبروا سواء عليكم ۖ إنما تجزون ما كنتم تعملون
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.
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and bliss
إن المتقين في جنات ونعيم
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire.
فاكهين بما آتاهم ربهم ووقاهم ربهم عذاب الجحيم
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.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to large - eyed beautiful ones.
متكئين على سرر مصفوفة ۖ وزوجناهم بحور عين
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 (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.
والذين آمنوا واتبعتهم ذريتهم بإيمان ألحقنا بهم ذريتهم وما ألتناهم من عملهم من شيء ۚ كل امرئ بما كسب رهين
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 will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they desire.
وأمددناهم بفاكهة ولحم مما يشتهون
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin.
يتنازعون فيها كأسا لا لغو فيها ولا تأثيم
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 round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were hidden pearls.
۞ ويطوف عليهم غلمان لهم كأنهم لؤلؤ مكنون
And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.
And some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other.
وأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتساءلون
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
Saying: Surely we feared before on account of our families:
قالوا إنا كنا قبل في أهلنا مشفقين
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allah) in the midst of our families.
But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind:
فمن الله علينا ووقانا عذاب السموم
"So Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.
Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful.
إنا كنا من قبل ندعوه ۖ إنه هو البر الرحيم
"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."
Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman.
فذكر فما أنت بنعمت ربك بكاهن ولا مجنون
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 do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents of time.
أم يقولون شاعر نتربص به ريب المنون
Or do they say: "(Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a poet! We await for him some calamity by time!"
Say: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who wait.
قل تربصوا فإني معكم من المتربصين
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to them): "Wait! I am with you among the waiters!"
Nay! do their understandings bid them this? Or are they an inordinate people?
أم تأمرهم أحلامهم بهذا ۚ أم هم قوم طاغون
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 do they say: He has forged it. Nay! they do not believe.
أم يقولون تقوله ۚ بل لا يؤمنون
Or do they say: "He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has forged it (this Qur'an)?" Nay! They believe not!
Then let them bring an announcement like it if they are truthful.
فليأتوا بحديث مثله إن كانوا صادقين
Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful.
Or were they created without there being anything, or are they the creators?
أم خلقوا من غير شيء أم هم الخالقون
Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! they have no certainty.
أم خلقوا السماوات والأرض ۚ بل لا يوقنون
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.
Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority?
أم عندهم خزائن ربك أم هم المصيطرون
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 the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.
أم لهم سلم يستمعون فيه ۖ فليأت مستمعهم بسلطان مبين
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 has He daughters while you have sons?
أم له البنات ولكم البنون
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?
Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt?
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
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 have they the unseen so that they write (it) down?
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
Or that the Ghaib (Unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
Or do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in war.
أم يريدون كيدا ۖ فالذين كفروا هم المكيدون
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 a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with Him).
أم لهم إله غير الله ۚ سبحان الله عما يشركون
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 should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up clouds.
وإن يروا كسفا من السماء ساقطا يقولوا سحاب مركوم
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror):
فذرهم حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي فيه يصعقون
So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror).
The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall they be helped.
يوم لا يغني عنهم كيدهم شيئا ولا هم ينصرون
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 surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them do not know.
وإن للذين ظلموا عذابا دون ذلك ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون
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).
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;
واصبر لحكم ربك فإنك بأعيننا ۖ وسبح بحمد ربك حين تقوم
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, give Him glory too, and at the setting of the stars.
ومن الليل فسبحه وإدبار النجوم
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.