Chapter 52, 49 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والطور
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Mount,
And by a Book Inscribed
وكتاب مسطور
And a Scripture inscribed
In parchment unrolled.
في رق منشور
On fine parchment unrolled,
And by Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (the house over the heavens parallel to the Ka'bah at Makkah, continuously visited by the angels).
والبيت المعمور
And the House frequented,
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
والسقف المرفوع
And the roof exalted,
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
والبحر المسجور
And the sea kept filled,
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
إن عذاب ربك لواقع
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
There is none that can avert it.
ما له من دافع
There is none that can ward it off.
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
يوم تمور السماء مورا
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
وتسير الجبال سيرا
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
فويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Then woe that day unto the deniers
Who are playing in falsehood .
الذين هم في خوض يلعبون
Who play in talk of grave matters;
The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing.
يوم يدعون إلى نار جهنم دعا
The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
هذه النار التي كنتم بها تكذبون
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
Is this magic, or do you not see?
أفسحر هذا أم أنتم لا تبصرون
Is this magic, or do ye not see ?
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.
اصلوها فاصبروا أو لا تصبروا سواء عليكم ۖ إنما تجزون ما كنتم تعملون
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.
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
إن المتقين في جنات ونعيم
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
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.
فاكهين بما آتاهم ربهم ووقاهم ربهم عذاب الجحيم
Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell - fire.
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Hur: (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes.
متكئين على سرر مصفوفة ۖ وزوجناهم بحور عين
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
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.
والذين آمنوا واتبعتهم ذريتهم بإيمان ألحقنا بهم ذريتهم وما ألتناهم من عملهم من شيء ۚ كل امرئ بما كسب رهين
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.
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
وأمددناهم بفاكهة ولحم مما يشتهون
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
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).
يتنازعون فيها كأسا لا لغو فيها ولا تأثيم
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.
۞ ويطوف عليهم غلمان لهم كأنهم لؤلؤ مكنون
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
وأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتساءلون
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allah) in the midst of our families.
قالوا إنا كنا قبل في أهلنا مشفقين
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
"So Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.
فمن الله علينا ووقانا عذاب السموم
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
"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."
إنا كنا من قبل ندعوه ۖ إنه هو البر الرحيم
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
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.
فذكر فما أنت بنعمت ربك بكاهن ولا مجنون
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
Or do they say: "(Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a poet! We await for him some calamity by time!"
أم يقولون شاعر نتربص به ريب المنون
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time ?
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to them): "Wait! I am with you among the waiters!"
قل تربصوا فإني معكم من المتربصين
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.
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?
أم تأمرهم أحلامهم بهذا ۚ أم هم قوم طاغون
Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk ?
Or do they say: "He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has forged it (this Qur'an)?" Nay! They believe not!
أم يقولون تقوله ۚ بل لا يؤمنون
Or say they: He hath invented it ? Nay, but they will not believe!
Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful.
فليأتوا بحديث مثله إن كانوا صادقين
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?
أم خلقوا من غير شيء أم هم الخالقون
Or were they created out of naught ? Or are they the creators ?
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.
أم خلقوا السماوات والأرض ۚ بل لا يوقنون
Or did they create the heavens and the earth ? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?
أم عندهم خزائن ربك أم هم المصيطرون
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord ? Or have they been given charge (thereof) ?
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.
أم لهم سلم يستمعون فيه ۖ فليأت مستمعهم بسلطان مبين
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?
أم له البنات ولكم البنون
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons ?
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?
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt ?
Or that the Ghaib (Unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down ?
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!
أم يريدون كيدا ۖ فالذين كفروا هم المكيدون
Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger) ? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
Or have they an ilah (a god) other than Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him)
أم لهم إله غير الله ۚ سبحان الله عما يشركون
Or have they any god beside Allah ? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
وإن يروا كسفا من السماء ساقطا يقولوا سحاب مركوم
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror).
فذرهم حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي فيه يصعقون
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder - stricken,
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).
يوم لا يغني عنهم كيدهم شيئا ولا هم ينصرون
A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.
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).
وإن للذين ظلموا عذابا دون ذلك ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
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.
واصبر لحكم ربك فإنك بأعيننا ۖ وسبح بحمد ربك حين تقوم
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,
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.
ومن الليل فسبحه وإدبار النجوم
And in the night - time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.