Chapter 52, 49 verses
By the mount
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والطور
Waalttoori
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Mount,
And [by] a Book inscribed
وكتاب مسطور
Wakitabin mastoorin
And a Scripture inscribed
In parchment spread open
في رق منشور
Fee raqqin manshoorin
On fine parchment unrolled,
And [by] the frequented House
والبيت المعمور
Waalbayti almaAAmoori
And the House frequented,
And [by] the heaven raised high
والسقف المرفوع
Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi
And the roof exalted,
And [by] the sea filled [with fire],
والبحر المسجور
Waalbahri almasjoori
And the sea kept filled,
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
إن عذاب ربك لواقع
Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
Of it there is no preventer.
ما له من دافع
Ma lahu min dafiAAin
There is none that can ward it off.
On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
يوم تمور السماء مورا
Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
And the mountains will pass on, departing -
وتسير الجبال سيرا
Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
فويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Then woe that day unto the deniers
Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
الذين هم في خوض يلعبون
Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona
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
Yawma yudaAAAAoona ila nari jahannama daAAAAan
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
Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
(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
Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
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
Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon AAalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloona
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
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin
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
Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum AAathaba aljaheemi
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
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona
(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
Muttakieena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
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
Waallatheena amanoo waittabaAAathum thurriyyatuhum bieemanin alhaqna bihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum min AAamalihim min shayin kullu imriin bima kasaba raheenun
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
Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
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
YatanazaAAoona feeha kasan la laghwun feeha wala tatheemun
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
Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum luluon maknoonun
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
Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
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
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
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
Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi
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
Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
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
Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
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
Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
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
Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
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
Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
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
Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona
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
Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
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
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona
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
Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona
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
Am AAindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
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
Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin
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
Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
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
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
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
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
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
Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
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
Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona
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
Wain yaraw kisfan mina alssamai saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
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
Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona
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
Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shayan wala hum yunsaroona
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
Wainna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
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
Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fainnaka biaAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
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
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi
And in the night - time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.