52. At-Tur

وَٱلطُّورِ

By the Mount

وَكِتَٰبࣲ مَّسۡطُورࣲ‏

and the Book inscribed

فِي رَقࣲّ مَّنشُورࣲ‏

on fine parchment

وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ

by the much-frequented House

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ

by the elevated canopy

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ

and by the swelling sea

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعࣱ‏

verily your Lord's chastisement shall come to pass

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ‏

none can avert that

يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرࣰ ا

(It shall come to pass) on the Day when the heaven will convulse in a great convulsion

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرࣰ ا

and the mountains shall violently fly about

فَوَيۡلࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, then, on that Day to those who give the lie (to this Message)

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضࣲ يَلۡعَبُونَ

and amuse themselves with vain argumentation

يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

On the Day when they shall be thrust into Hell with a violent thrust (and shall be told)

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

“This is the Hell which you used to give the lie to.”

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

Is this, then, any feat of magic or are you unable to see

ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

Go now and burn in it. It is all the same whether you bear it patiently or do not bear it with patience. You are only being recompensed for your deeds.”

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَنَعِيمࣲ‏

Surely the God-fearing shall be in Gardens and bliss

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

enjoying what Allah will have endowed them with; and their Lord will have saved them from the torment of the Blazing Fire

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

(They will be told): “Eat and drink to your hearts' content as a reward for your deeds.”

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينࣲ‏

The God-fearing shall be reclining on couches facing each other, and We shall wed them to maidens with large, beautiful eyes

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءࣲۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينࣱ‏

We shall unite the believers with those descendants of theirs who followed them in their faith, and shall not deny them any part of the reward for their good deeds. Every person is pledged to what he did

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةࣲ وَلَحۡمࣲ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ

We shall provide them in abundance with all kinds of fruit and meat, whatever they may desire

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسࣰ ا لَّا لَغۡوࣱ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمࣱ‏

They shall pass on to one another a cup that will incite neither levity nor sin

۞وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ‏

Youths as fair as hidden pearls will be set apart to wait upon them; they will be running to and fro to serve them

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

They will turn to one another and ask (regarding the past events)

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ

They will say: “When we were living before among our kinsfolk we lived in constant fear (of Allah's displeasure)

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

Then Allah graced us with His favour and saved us from the chastisement of the scorching wind

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Formerly we had always prayed to Him. Surely He is Most Benign, Most Compassionate.”

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنࣲ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ

So exhort (them, O Prophet), for by your Lord's Grace, you are neither a soothsayer nor a madman

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرࣱ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ

Or do they say: “He is a poet for whom we await an adverse turn of fortune.”

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

Tell them: “Wait; I too am waiting with you.”

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ

Do their minds prompt them to say such things, or are they a people immersed in transgression?”

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Do they say: “He has himself fabricated the Qur'an?” No; the truth is that they are altogether averse to believing

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

(If they are truthful in this), then let them produce a discourse of similar splendour

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ

Did they come into being without any creator? Or were they their own creators

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Or is it they who created the heavens and the earth? No; the truth is that they lack sure faith

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ

Or do they have your Lord's treasures in their keeping? Or have absolute authority over them

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينٍ

Or do they have a ladder whereon they can climb and attempt to listen (to what is transpiring in the Higher Realm)? Then, let any of them who has listened to it produce a clear proof of it

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ

Or does Allah have daughters whereas you have sons

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰ ا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

Or is it that you ask of them any recompense so that they should fear to be weighed down under the burden of debt

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

Or is it that they have access to (the Truths in) the realm beyond sense-perception which they are writing down

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدࣰ اۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ

Or are they contriving a stratagem against you? If so, that stratagem will rebound against the unbelievers

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ

Do they have any god other than Allah? Exalted be Allah above whatever they associate (with Him in His Divinity)

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطࣰ ا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ‏

(So obstinate are they that) even if they were to see some fragments of the sky falling down they would still say: “It is only a mass of cloud.”

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ

So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs when they shall be struck down

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـࣰٔ ا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ

when their stratagem shall be of no avail to them, nor shall they be succoured

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابࣰ ا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

Surely a chastisement awaits the wrong-doers even before the coming of that Day; but most of them do not know

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Be patient, then, (O Prophet), until the judgement of your Lord comes. For surely you are before Our eyes. And celebrate the praise of your Lord when you rise

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

and also celebrate His praise at night, and at the retreat of the stars