Chapter 52, 49 verses
By the mount
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Mount,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والطور
And [by] a Book inscribed
And a Scripture inscribed
وكتاب مسطور
In parchment spread open
On fine parchment unrolled,
في رق منشور
And [by] the frequented House
And the House frequented,
والبيت المعمور
And [by] the heaven raised high
And the roof exalted,
والسقف المرفوع
And [by] the sea filled [with fire],
And the sea kept filled,
والبحر المسجور
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
إن عذاب ربك لواقع
Of it there is no preventer.
There is none that can ward it off.
ما له من دافع
On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
يوم تمور السماء مورا
And the mountains will pass on, departing -
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
وتسير الجبال سيرا
Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
Then woe that day unto the deniers
فويل يومئذ للمكذبين
Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
Who play in talk of grave matters;
الذين هم في خوض يلعبون
The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
يوم يدعون إلى نار جهنم دعا
"This is the Fire which you used to deny.
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
هذه النار التي كنتم بها تكذبون
Then is this magic, or do you not see?
Is this magic, or do ye not see ?
أفسحر هذا أم أنتم لا تبصرون
[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."
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.
اصلوها فاصبروا أو لا تصبروا سواء عليكم ۖ إنما تجزون ما كنتم تعملون
Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
إن المتقين في جنات ونعيم
Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell - fire.
فاكهين بما آتاهم ربهم ووقاهم ربهم عذاب الجحيم
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما كنتم تعملون
They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
متكئين على سرر مصفوفة ۖ وزوجناهم بحور عين
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 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.
والذين آمنوا واتبعتهم ذريتهم بإيمان ألحقنا بهم ذريتهم وما ألتناهم من عملهم من شيء ۚ كل امرئ بما كسب رهين
And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
وأمددناهم بفاكهة ولحم مما يشتهون
They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
يتنازعون فيها كأسا لا لغو فيها ولا تأثيم
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well - protected.
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
۞ ويطوف عليهم غلمان لهم كأنهم لؤلؤ مكنون
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
وأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتساءلون
They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
قالوا إنا كنا قبل في أهلنا مشفقين
So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
فمن الله علينا ووقانا عذاب السموم
Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
إنا كنا من قبل ندعوه ۖ إنه هو البر الرحيم
So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
فذكر فما أنت بنعمت ربك بكاهن ولا مجنون
Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time ?
أم يقولون شاعر نتربص به ريب المنون
Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.
قل تربصوا فإني معكم من المتربصين
Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk ?
أم تأمرهم أحلامهم بهذا ۚ أم هم قوم طاغون
Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
Or say they: He hath invented it ? Nay, but they will not believe!
أم يقولون تقوله ۚ بل لا يؤمنون
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
فليأتوا بحديث مثله إن كانوا صادقين
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
Or were they created out of naught ? Or are they the creators ?
أم خلقوا من غير شيء أم هم الخالقون
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
Or did they create the heavens and the earth ? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
أم خلقوا السماوات والأرض ۚ بل لا يوقنون
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord ? Or have they been given charge (thereof) ?
أم عندهم خزائن ربك أم هم المصيطرون
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
أم لهم سلم يستمعون فيه ۖ فليأت مستمعهم بسلطان مبين
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons ?
أم له البنات ولكم البنون
Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt ?
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down ?
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger) ? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
أم يريدون كيدا ۖ فالذين كفروا هم المكيدون
Or have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
Or have they any god beside Allah ? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
أم لهم إله غير الله ۚ سبحان الله عما يشركون
And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
وإن يروا كسفا من السماء ساقطا يقولوا سحاب مركوم
So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder - stricken,
فذرهم حتى يلاقوا يومهم الذي فيه يصعقون
The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.
يوم لا يغني عنهم كيدهم شيئا ولا هم ينصرون
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
وإن للذين ظلموا عذابا دون ذلك ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون
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.
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,
واصبر لحكم ربك فإنك بأعيننا ۖ وسبح بحمد ربك حين تقوم
And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.
And in the night - time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.
ومن الليل فسبحه وإدبار النجوم