Chapter 52, 49 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والطور
By the mount
And by a Book Inscribed
وكتاب مسطور
And [by] a Book inscribed
In parchment unrolled.
في رق منشور
In parchment spread open
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 [by] the frequented House
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
والسقف المرفوع
And [by] the heaven raised high
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
والبحر المسجور
And [by] the sea filled [with fire],
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
إن عذاب ربك لواقع
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
There is none that can avert it.
ما له من دافع
Of it there is no preventer.
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
يوم تمور السماء مورا
On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
وتسير الجبال سيرا
And the mountains will pass on, departing -
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
فويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
Who are playing in falsehood .
الذين هم في خوض يلعبون
Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
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 they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
هذه النار التي كنتم بها تكذبون
"This is the Fire which you used to deny.
Is this magic, or do you not see?
أفسحر هذا أم أنتم لا تبصرون
Then is this magic, or do you 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
[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
إن المتقين في جنات ونعيم
Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
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
Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you 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
They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] 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 those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
وأمددناهم بفاكهة ولحم مما يشتهون
And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever 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
They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission 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
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well - protected.
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
وأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتساءلون
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allah) in the midst of our families.
قالوا إنا كنا قبل في أهلنا مشفقين
They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].
"So Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.
فمن الله علينا ووقانا عذاب السموم
So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching 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
Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, 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
So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a 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 do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune 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, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
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
Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
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 do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do 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 a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?
أم خلقوا من غير شيء أم هم الخالقون
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
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? Rather, they are not certain.
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 have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
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 a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?
أم له البنات ولكم البنون
Or has He daughters while you 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 do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
Or that the Ghaib (Unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they 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 do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
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 a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with 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 from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
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
So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
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
The Day their plan will not avail them at all, 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 indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
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
And be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes. And exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord when you arise.
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.
ومن الليل فسبحه وإدبار النجوم
And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.