Chapter 52, 49 verses
I swear by the Mountain,
Waalttoori
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والطور
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
And the Book written
Wakitabin mastoorin
وكتاب مسطور
And by a Book Inscribed
In an outstretched fine parchment,
Fee raqqin manshoorin
في رق منشور
In parchment unrolled.
And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,
Waalbayti almaAAmoori
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
Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi
والسقف المرفوع
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
And the swollen sea
Waalbahri almasjoori
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;
Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun
إن عذاب ربك لواقع
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
There shall be none to avert it;
Ma lahu min dafiAAin
ما له من دافع
There is none that can avert it.
On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
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).
Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
وتسير الجبال سيرا
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth),
Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
فويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
Those who sport entering into vain discourses.
Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona
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.
Yawma yudaAAAAoona ila nari jahannama daAAAAan
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.
Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
هذه النار التي كنتم بها تكذبون
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
Is it magic then or do you not see?
Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
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.
Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon AAalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloona
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
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin
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.
Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum AAathaba aljaheemi
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,
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
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.
Muttakieena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
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.
Waallatheena amanoo waittabaAAathum thurriyyatuhum bieemanin alhaqna bihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum min AAamalihim min shayin kullu imriin bima kasaba raheenun
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.
Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
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.
YatanazaAAoona feeha kasan la laghwun feeha wala tatheemun
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.
Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum luluon maknoonun
۞ 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.
Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
وأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتساءلون
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
Saying: Surely we feared before on account of our families:
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
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:
Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi
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.
Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
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.
Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
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.
Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
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.
Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
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?
Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
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.
Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona
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.
Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
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?
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona
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.
Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona
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?
Am AAindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
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.
Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin
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?
Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
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?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
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?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
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.
Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
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).
Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona
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.
Wain yaraw kisfan mina alssamai saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
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):
Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona
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.
Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shayan wala hum yunsaroona
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.
Wainna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
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;
Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fainnaka biaAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
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.
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi
ومن الليل فسبحه وإدبار النجوم
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.