Chapter 52, 49 verses
By the 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 spread open
في رق منشور
On fine parchment unrolled,
And [by] the frequented House
والبيت المعمور
And the House frequented,
And [by] the heaven raised high
والسقف المرفوع
And the roof exalted,
And [by] the sea filled [with fire],
والبحر المسجور
And the sea kept filled,
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
إن عذاب ربك لواقع
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
Of it there is no preventer.
ما له من دافع
There is none that can ward it off.
On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
يوم تمور السماء مورا
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
And the mountains will pass on, departing -
وتسير الجبال سيرا
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
فويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Then woe that day unto the deniers
Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
الذين هم في خوض يلعبون
Who play in talk of grave matters;
The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
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 deny.
هذه النار التي كنتم بها تكذبون
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
Then is this magic, or do you not see?
أفسحر هذا أم أنتم لا تبصرون
Is this magic, or do ye not see ?
[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."
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.
Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
إن المتقين في جنات ونعيم
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
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.
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for 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 be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] 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 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.
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 will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
وأمددناهم بفاكهة ولحم مما يشتهون
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
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.
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well - protected.
۞ ويطوف عليهم غلمان لهم كأنهم لؤلؤ مكنون
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
وأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتساءلون
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].
قالوا إنا كنا قبل في أهلنا مشفقين
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching 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.
Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the 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.
So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or 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 [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of 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, "Wait, for indeed 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.
Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
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 has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
أم يقولون تقوله ۚ بل لا يؤمنون
Or say they: He hath invented it ? Nay, but they will not believe!
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
فليأتوا بحديث مثله إن كانوا صادقين
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
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? Rather, they are not certain.
أم خلقوا السماوات والأرض ۚ بل لا يوقنون
Or did they create the heavens and the earth ? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
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 [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
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 daughters while you have sons?
أم له البنات ولكم البنون
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons ?
Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt ?
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so 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 plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
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 a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with 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 fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
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 until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
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 their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
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 indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
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.
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.
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 a part of the night exalt Him and after [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.