Chapter 52, 49 verses
Waalttoori
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Mount,
Wakitabin mastoorin
And by a Book Inscribed
And a Scripture inscribed
Fee raqqin manshoorin
In parchment unrolled.
On fine parchment unrolled,
Waalbayti almaAAmoori
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 House frequented,
Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
And the roof exalted,
Waalbahri almasjoori
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
And the sea kept filled,
Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
Ma lahu min dafiAAin
There is none that can avert it.
There is none that can ward it off.
Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
Then woe that day unto the deniers
Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona
Who are playing in falsehood .
Who play in talk of grave matters;
Yawma yudaAAAAoona ila nari jahannama daAAAAan
The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing.
The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
Is this magic, or do you not see?
Is this magic, or do ye not see ?
Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon AAalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloona
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.
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.
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum AAathaba aljaheemi
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.
Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell - fire.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
Muttakieena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Hur: (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes.
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
Waallatheena amanoo waittabaAAathum thurriyyatuhum bieemanin alhaqna bihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum min AAamalihim min shayin kullu imriin bima kasaba raheenun
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 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.
Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
YatanazaAAoona feeha kasan la laghwun feeha wala tatheemun
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).
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum luluon maknoonun
And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allah) in the midst of our families.
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi
"So Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
"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."
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
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.
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
Or do they say: "(Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a poet! We await for him some calamity by time!"
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time ?
Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to them): "Wait! I am with you among the waiters!"
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.
Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
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?
Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk ?
Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona
Or do they say: "He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has forged it (this Qur'an)?" Nay! They believe not!
Or say they: He hath invented it ? Nay, but they will not believe!
Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful.
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona
Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?
Or were they created out of naught ? Or are they the creators ?
Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.
Or did they create the heavens and the earth ? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
Am AAindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord ? Or have they been given charge (thereof) ?
Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin
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 have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons ?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
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 askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt ?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or that the Ghaib (Unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down ?
Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
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 seek they to ensnare (the messenger) ? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona
Or have they an ilah (a god) other than Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him)
Or have they any god beside Allah ? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
Wain yaraw kisfan mina alssamai saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona
So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror).
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder - stricken,
Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shayan wala hum yunsaroona
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).
A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.
Wainna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
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 verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fainnaka biaAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
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.
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,
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.
And in the night - time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.