52. At-Tur

52:1

وَٱلطُّورِ ﴿١﴾

Waṭ-ṭūr

By the Mount,

52:2

وَكِتَـٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ ﴿٢﴾

Wakitābin masṭūr

And a Scripture inscribed

52:3

فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ ﴿٣﴾

Fī raqqin manshūr

On fine parchment unrolled,

52:4

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ ﴿٤﴾

Wal-bayti al-maʿmūr

And the House frequented,

52:5

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ ﴿٥﴾

Was-saqfi al-marfūʿ

And the roof exalted,

52:6

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ ﴿٦﴾

Wal-baḥri al-masjūr

And the sea kept filled,

52:7

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ﴿٧﴾

Inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿ

Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;

52:8

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ ﴿٨﴾

Mā lahu min dāfiʿ

There is none that can ward it off.

52:9

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا ﴿٩﴾

Yawma tamūru as-samāʾu mawrā

On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,

52:10

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا ﴿١٠﴾

Watasīru al-jibālu sayrā

And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,

52:11

فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١١﴾

Fawaylun yawmaʾidhin lilmukadhdhibīn

Then woe that day unto the deniers

52:12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

Alladhīna hum fī khawḍin yalʿabūn

Who play in talk of grave matters;

52:13

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ﴿١٣﴾

Yawma yudaʿʿūna ilā nāri jahannama daʿʿā

The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell

52:14

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Hādhihi an-nāru allatī kuntum bihā tukadhdhibūn

(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.

52:15

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Afasiḥrun hādhā am antum lā tubṣirūn

Is this magic, or do ye not see?

52:16

ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

Iṣlawhā fāṣbirū aw lā taṣbirū sawāʾun ʿalaykum innamā tujzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūn

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.

52:17

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ ﴿١٧﴾

Inna al-muttaqīna fī jannātin wanaʿīm

Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,

52:18

فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٨﴾

Fākihīna bimā ātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum ʿadhāba al-jaḥīm

Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire.

52:19

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Kulū wāshrabū hanīʾan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,

52:20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

Muttakiʾīna ʿalā sururin maṣfūfatin wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīn

Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.

52:21

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ ﴿٢١﴾

Walladhīna āmanū wāttabaʿathum dhurriyyatuhum biʾīmānin alḥaqnā bihim dhurriyyatahum wamā alatnāhum min ʿamalihim min shayʾin kullu imriʾin bimā kasaba rahīn

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.

52:22

وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Waʾamdadnāhum bifākihatin walaḥmin mimmā yashtahūn

And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.

52:23

يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

Yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kaʾsan lā laghwun fīhā walā taʾthīm

There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.

52:24

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

Wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim ghilmānun lahum kaʾannahum luʾluʾun maknūn

And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.

52:25

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Waʾaqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāʾalūn

And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,

52:26

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Qālū innā kunnā qablu fī ahlinā mushfiqīn

Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;

52:27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿٢٧﴾

Famanna Allāhu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿadhāba as-samūm

But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.

52:28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٢٨﴾

Innā kunnā min qablu nadʿūhu innahu huwa al-barru ar-raḥīm

Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.

52:29

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٩﴾

Fadhakkir famā anta biniʿmati rabbika bikāhinin walā majnūn

Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.

52:30

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ﴿٣٠﴾

Am yaqūlūna shāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihi rayba al-manūn

Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time?

52:31

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Qul tarabbaṣū faʾinnī maʿakum mina al-mutarabbiṣīn

Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.

52:32

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Am taʾmuruhum aḥlāmuhum bihādhā am hum qawmun ṭāghūn

Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk?

52:33

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Am yaqūlūna taqawwalahu bal lā yuʾminūn

Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe!

52:34

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Falyaʾtū biḥadīthin mithlihi in kānū ṣādiqīn

Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.

52:35

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Am khuliqū min ghayri shayʾin am humu al-khāliqūn

Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?

52:36

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Am khalaqū as-samāwāti wal-arḍa bal lā yūqinūn

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!

52:37

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Am ʿindahum khazāʾinu rabbika am humu al-muṣayṭirūn

Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)?

52:38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

Am lahum sullamun yastamiʿūna fīhi falyaʾti mustamiʿuhum bisulṭānin mubīn

Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!

52:39

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Am lahu al-banātu walakumu al-banūn

Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?

52:40

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Am tasʾaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqalūn

Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt?

52:41

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

Am ʿindahumu al-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn

Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down?

52:42

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Am yurīdūna kaydan falladhīna kafarū humu al-makīdūn

Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!

52:43

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Am lahum ilāhun ghayru Allāhi subḥāna Allāhi ʿammā yushrikūn

Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!

52:44

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ ﴿٤٤﴾

Waʾin yaraw kisfan mina as-samāʾi sāqiṭan yaqūlū saḥābun markūm

And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.

52:45

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Fadharhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī fīhi yuṣʿaqūn

Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken,

52:46

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Yawma lā yughnī ʿanhum kayduhum shayʾan walā hum yunṣarūn

A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.

52:47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Waʾinna lilladhīna ẓalamū ʿadhāban dūna dhālika walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.

52:48

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿٤٨﴾

Wāṣbir liḥukmi rabbika faʾinnaka biʾaʿyuninā wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika ḥīna taqūm

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,

52:49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٤٩﴾

Wamina allayli fasabbiḥhu waʾidbāra an-nujūm

And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.