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