Chapter 52, 49 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the Tur (Mount)
By the Mount (of Revelation);
I swear by the Mountain,
وَٱلطُّورِ
And by a Book Inscribed
By a Decree inscribed
And the Book written
وَكِتَٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ
In parchment unrolled.
In a Scroll unfolded;
In an outstretched fine parchment,
فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ
And by Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (the house over the heavens parallel to the Ka'bah at Makkah, continuously visited by the angels).
By the much - frequented Fane;
And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,
وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
By the Canopy Raised High;
And the elevated canopy
وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
And by the Ocean filled with Swell; -
And the swollen sea
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass.
Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass; -
Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
There is none that can avert it.
There is none can avert it; -
There shall be none to avert it;
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.
On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
And the mountains will fly hither and thither.
And the mountains shall pass away passing away (altogether).
وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا
Then woe that Day to the beliers.
Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood; -
So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth),
فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Who are playing in falsehood .
That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.
Those who sport entering into vain discourses.
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ
The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing.
That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.
The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence.
يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا
This is the Fire which you used to belie.
"This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire, - which ye were wont to deny!
This is the fire which you used to give the lie to.
هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
Is this magic, or do you not see?
"Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?
Is it magic then or do you not see?
أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
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.
"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."
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.
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Verily, the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness, -
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and bliss
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ
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.
Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.
Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire.
فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
(To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds."
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Hur: (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes.
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.
Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to large - eyed beautiful ones.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
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 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 (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.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire.
And We will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they desire.
وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
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 there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of frivolity, free of all taint of ill.
They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin.
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ
And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.
Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as Pearls well - guarded.
And round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were hidden pearls.
وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.
And some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other.
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allah) in the midst of our families.
They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people.
Saying: Surely we feared before on account of our families:
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ
"So Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.
"But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind.
But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind:
فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
"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."
"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful!"
Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful.
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
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 proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.
Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman.
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ
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 await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"
Or do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents of time.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to them): "Wait! I am with you among the waiters!"
Say thou: "Await ye! - I too will wait along with you!"
Say: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who wait.
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
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?
Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?
Nay! do their understandings bid them this? Or are they an inordinate people?
أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
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 fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!
Or do they say: He has forged it. Nay! they do not believe.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful.
Let them then produce a recital like unto it, - If (it be) they speak the truth!
Then let them bring an announcement like it if they are truthful.
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ
Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the creators?
Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?
Or were they created without there being anything, or are they the creators?
أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ
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 firm belief.
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! they have no certainty.
أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ
Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?
Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)?
Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority?
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ
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 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 have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?
Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
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 is it that thou dost ask for a reward, 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?
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
Or that the Ghaib (Unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?
Or have they the unseen so that they write (it) down?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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 intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!
Or do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in war.
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ
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? Exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him!
Or have they a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with Him).
أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up clouds.
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ
So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror).
So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror), -
Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror):
فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ
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 when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them.
The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall they be helped.
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
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 another punishment besides this: But most of them understand not.
And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them do not know.
وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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.
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 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;
وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
And in the nighttime also glorify His Praises - and at the setting of the stars.
And for part of the night also praise thou Him, - and at the retreat of the stars!
And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the setting of the stars.
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ