Surah At-Tur (The Mount)

سُورَةُ الطور

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلطُّورِ ﴿١﴾

   52:1 By the mount

2. وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ ﴿٢﴾

   52:2 And [by] a Book inscribed[1550]

   Notes

   [1550] Interpreted as the Preserved Slate or possibly the Qur’ān.

3. فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ ﴿٣﴾

   52:3 In parchment spread open

4. وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ ﴿٤﴾

   52:4 And [by] the frequented House[1551]

   Notes

   [1551] The house of worship for the angels in the seventh heaven, comparable to the Kaʿbah on earth.

5. وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ﴿٥﴾

   52:5 And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high

6. وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ ﴿٦﴾

   52:6 And [by] the sea set on fire,[1552]

   Notes

   [1552] On the Day of Resurrection. Or "the sea which has overflowed."

7. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ﴿٧﴾

   52:7 Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

8. مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ ﴿٨﴾

   52:8 Of it there is no preventer.

9. يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا ﴿٩﴾

   52:9 On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

10. وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا ﴿١٠﴾

    52:10 And the mountains will pass on, departing[1553] -

    Notes

    [1553] Becoming dust and moving as clouds.

11. فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١١﴾

    52:11 Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

12. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    52:12 Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

13. يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ﴿١٣﴾

    52:13 The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

14. هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    52:14 "This is the Fire which you used to deny.

15. أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

    52:15 Then is this magic, or do you not see?

16. ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

    52:16 [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."

17. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ ﴿١٧﴾

    52:17 Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

18. فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ﴿١٨﴾

    52:18 Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.

19. كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    52:19 [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

20. مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ ﴿٢٠﴾

    52:20 They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

21. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞ ﴿٢١﴾

    52:21 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.[1554] Every person, for what he earned, is retained.[1555]

    Notes

    [1554] i.e., the reward thereof. [1555] i.e., subject or held responsible. Literally, "a hostage."

22. وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    52:22 And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.

23. يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞ ﴿٢٣﴾

    52:23 They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.

24. ۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ ﴿٢٤﴾

    52:24 There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.

25. وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    52:25 And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

26. قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    52:26 They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allāh].

27. فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿٢٧﴾

    52:27 So Allāh conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.

28. إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٢٨﴾

    52:28 Indeed, we used to supplicate[1556] Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

    Notes

    [1556] i.e., worship.

29. فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ ﴿٢٩﴾

    52:29 So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.

30. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ ﴿٣٠﴾

    52:30 Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?[1557]

    Notes

    [1557] i.e., some accident or inevitable death.

31. قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

    52:31 Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

32. أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    52:32 Or do their minds[1558] command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

    Notes

    [1558] In this expression is also a subtle allusion to the leaders of the Quraysh, who considered themselves to be great minds.

33. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    52:33 Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

34. فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    52:34 Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.

35. أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    52:35 Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

36. أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    52:36 Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

37. أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    52:37 Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?

38. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

    52:38 Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].

39. أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    52:39 Or has He daughters while you have sons?

40. أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    52:40 Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

41. أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    52:41 Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

42. أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    52:42 Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.

43. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    52:43 Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

44. وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ ﴿٤٤﴾

    52:44 And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling,[1559] they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

    Notes

    [1559] Marking the onset of Allāh's punishment, as they had requested.

45. فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    52:45 So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

46. يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    52:46 The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.

47. وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    52:47 And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment[1560] before that, but most of them do not know.

    Notes

    [1560] If not in this world, in the grave.

48. وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿٤٨﴾

    52:48 And be patient, [O Muḥammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes [i.e., sight]. And exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord when you arise

49. وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٤٩﴾

    52:49 And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.