Chapter 52, 49 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
Waalttoori
By the Mount (of Revelation);
And by a Book Inscribed
Wakitabin mastoorin
By a Decree inscribed
In parchment unrolled.
Fee raqqin manshoorin
In a Scroll unfolded;
And by Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (the house over the heavens parallel to the Ka'bah at Makkah, continuously visited by the angels).
Waalbayti almaAAmoori
By the much - frequented Fane;
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi
By the Canopy Raised High;
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
Waalbahri almasjoori
And by the Ocean filled with Swell; -
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun
Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass; -
There is none that can avert it.
Ma lahu min dafiAAin
There is none can avert it; -
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
And the mountains will fly hither and thither.
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood; -
Who are playing in falsehood .
Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona
That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.
The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing.
Yawma yudaAAAAoona ila nari jahannama daAAAAan
That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
"This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire, - which ye were wont to deny!
Is this magic, or do you not see?
Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
"Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do 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.
Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon AAalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloona
"Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with patience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds."
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin
As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness, -
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.
Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum AAathaba aljaheemi
Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
(To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds."
They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Hur: (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes.
Muttakieena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous 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.
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 families follow them in Faith, - to them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds.
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall 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).
YatanazaAAoona feeha kasan la laghwun feeha wala tatheemun
They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of frivolity, free of all taint of ill.
And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.
Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum luluon maknoonun
Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as Pearls well - guarded.
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allah) in the midst of our families.
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people.
"So Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.
Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi
"But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind.
"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."
Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, 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.
Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.
Or do they say: "(Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a poet! We await for him some calamity by time!"
Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
Or do they say: - "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to them): "Wait! I am with you among the waiters!"
Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
Say thou: "Await ye! - I too will wait along with you!"
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?
Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?
Or do they say: "He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has forged it (this Qur'an)?" Nay! They believe not!
Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona
Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!
Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful.
Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
Let them then produce a recital like unto it, - If (it be) they speak the truth!
Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona
Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.
Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.
Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?
Am AAindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)?
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.
Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin
Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?
Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
Or has He only daughters and 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?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt? -
Or that the Ghaib (Unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and 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!
Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!
Or have they an ilah (a god) other than Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him)
Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona
Or have they a god other than Allah? Exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him!
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
Wain yaraw kisfan mina alssamai saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror).
Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona
So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror), -
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).
Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shayan wala hum yunsaroona
The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them.
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).
Wainna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment besides this: But most of them understand 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.
Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fainnaka biaAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth,
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi
And for part of the night also praise thou Him, - and at the retreat of the stars!