Chapter 52, 49 verses
Waalttoori
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
I swear by the Mountain,
Wakitabin mastoorin
And by a Book Inscribed
And the Book written
Fee raqqin manshoorin
In parchment unrolled.
In an outstretched fine parchment,
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 (Kaaba) that is visited,
Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
And the elevated canopy
Waalbahri almasjoori
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
And the swollen sea
Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;
Ma lahu min dafiAAin
There is none that can avert it.
There shall be none to avert it;
Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
And the mountains shall pass away passing away (altogether).
Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth),
Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona
Who are playing in falsehood .
Those who sport entering into vain discourses.
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 on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence.
Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
This is the fire which you used to give the lie to.
Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
Is this magic, or do you not see?
Is it magic then or do you 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.
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.
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and bliss
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.
Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
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 thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to large - eyed beautiful ones.
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 (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.
Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
And We will aid them with fruit and flesh 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).
They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any 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 round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were hidden pearls.
Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
And some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other.
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allah) in the midst of our families.
Saying: Surely we feared before on account of our families:
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 has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind:
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."
Surely we called upon Him before: Surely 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.
Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a 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 do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents 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: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who wait.
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?
Nay! do their understandings bid them this? Or are they an inordinate people?
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 do they say: He has forged it. Nay! they do 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 bring an announcement like it 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 without there being anything, 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! they have no certainty.
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 have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority?
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 the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.
Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?
Or has He daughters while you 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 do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or that the Ghaib (Unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
Or have they the unseen so that they 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 do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in war.
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 a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with 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 should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up 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).
Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror):
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).
The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall 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 surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them do not know.
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.
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;
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.
And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the setting of the stars.