52: At-Tur الطور

Text and Translation

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

وَالطُّوْرِۙ‏(1)

WAT TOOR.

By the Mount [Sinai],

وَكِتٰبٍ مَّسْطُوْرٍۙ‏(2)

WA KETAABIM MASTOOR.

by the Book inscribed

فِىْ رَقٍّ مَّنْشُوْرٍۙ‏(3)

FEE RAQQIM MANSHOOR.

on an unrolled parchment;

وَالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُوْرِۙ‏(4)

WAL BAYTIL MA’MOOR.

by the House greatly frequented;

وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوْعِۙ‏(5)

WAS SAQFIL MARFOO’.

by the vault raised high,

وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُوْرِۙ‏(6)

WAL BAHRIL MASJOOR.

by the surging sea:

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لوَاقِعٌ ۙ‏(7)

INNA A’ZAABA RABBEKA LA-WAAQE’.

indeed your Lord’s punishment will surely befall.

مَّا لَهٗ مِنْ دَافِعٍۙ‏(8)

MAA LAHU MIN DAAFE’.

There is none who can avert it.

يَّوْمَ تَمُوْرُ السَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا ۙ‏(9)

YAWMA TAMOORUS SAMAAA-O MAWRAA.

On the day when the sky whirls violently,

وَّتَسِيْرُ الْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا ؕ‏(10)

WA TASEERUL JEBAALO SAYRAA.

and the mountains move with an awful motion:

فَوَيْلٌ يَّوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِيْنَۙ‏(11)

FA-WAYLUN-Y YAWMA-EZIL LIL-MOKAZZEBEEN.

woe to the deniers on that day

الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ فِىْ خَوْضٍ يَّلْعَبُوْنَۘ‏(12)

LAZEENA HUM FEE KHAWZIN-Y YAL-A’BOON.

—those who play around in vain talk,

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّوْنَ اِلٰى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّاؕ‏(13)

YAWMA YODA’-O’ONA ELAA NAARE JAHANNAMA DA’-A’A.

the day when they will be shoved forcibly toward the fire of hell, [and told:]

هٰذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِىْ كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُوْنَ‏(14)

HAAZEHIN NAARUL LATEE KUNTUM BEHAA TOKAZZEBOON.

‘This is the Fire which you used to deny!

اَفَسِحْرٌ هٰذَاۤ اَمْ اَنْتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُوْنَۚ‏(15)

AFA-SEHRUN HAAZAA AM ANTUM LAA TUBSEROON.

Is this, then, [also] magic, or is it you who do not perceive?

اِصْلَوْهَا فَاصْبِرُوْۤا اَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوْاۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْؕ اِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(16)

ISLAWHAA FASBEROO AW LAA TASBEROO, SAWAAA-UN A’LAYKUM, INNAMAA TUJZAWNA MAA KUNTUM TA’MALOON.

Enter it, and it will be the same for you whether you are patient or impatient. You are only being requited for what you used to do.’

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ فِىْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّنَعِيْمٍۙ‏(17)

INNAL MUTTAQEENA FEE JANNAATINW WA NA-E’EM.

Indeed the Godwary will be amid gardens and bliss,

فٰكِهِيْنَ بِمَاۤ اٰتٰٮهُمْ رَبُّهُمْۚ وَوَقٰٮهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيْمِ‏(18)

FAAKEHEENA BEMAA AATAAHUM RABBOHUM, WA WAQAAHUM RABBOHUM A’ZAABAL JAHEEM.

rejoicing because of what their Lord has given them, and that their Lord has saved them from the punishment of hell.

كُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا هَنِٓيْئًا ۢ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَۙ‏(19)

KOLOO WASH RABOO HANEE-AM BEMAA KUNTUM TA’MALOON.

[They will be told:] ‘Enjoy your food and drink, [as a reward] for what you used to do.’

مُتَّكِئِيْنَ عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوْفَةٍ ۚ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِيْنٍ‏(20)

MUTTAKE-EENA A’LAA SORORIM MASFOOFAH, WA ZAWWAJNAAHUM BE-HOORIN E’EN.

They will be reclining on arrayed couches, and We will wed them to big-eyed houris.

وَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ بِاِيْمَانٍ اَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَاۤ اَلَتْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ عَمَلِهِمْ مِّنْ شَىْءٍؕ كُلُّ امْرِیءٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِيْنٌ‏(21)

WAL LAZEENA AAMANOO WAT TABA-A’THUM ZURRIYYATOHUM BE-EEMAANIN ALHAQNAA BEHIM ZURRIYYATAHUM WA MAA ALATNAAHUM MIN A’MALEHIM MIN SHAY, KULLUM RE-IM BEMAA KASABA RAHEEN.

The faithful and their descendants who followed them in faith—We will make their descendants join them, and We will not stint anything from [the reward of] their deeds. Every person is hostage to what he has earned.

وَاَمْدَدْنٰهُمْ بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَّلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُوْنَ‏(22)

WA AMDADNAAHUM BE-FAAKEHATINW WA LAHMIM MIMMAA YASHTAHOON.

We will provide them with fruits and meat, such as they desire.

يَتَنَازَعُوْنَ فِيْهَا كَاْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيْهَا وَلَا تَاْثِيْمٌ‏(23)

YATANAAZA-O’ONA FEEHAA KAASAL LAA LAGHWUN FEEHAA WA LAA TAASEEM.

There they will pass from hand to hand a cup wherein there will be neither any vain talk nor sinful speech.

وَيَطُوْفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَاَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُوْنٌ‏(24)

WA YATOOFO A’LAYHIM GHILMAANUL LAHUM KA-ANNAHUM LOALO-UM MAKNOON.

They will be waited upon by their youths, as if they were guarded pearls.

وَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ يَّتَسَآءَلُوْنَ‏(25)

WA AQBALA BA’ZOHUM A’LAA BA’ZIN-Y YATASAAA-ALOON.

They will turn to one another, questioning each other.

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىْۤ اَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِيْنَ‏(26)

QAALOO INNAA KUNNAA QABLO FEE AHLENAA MUSHFEQEEN.

They will say, ‘Indeed, aforetime, we used to be apprehensive about our families.

فَمَنَّ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقٰٮنَا عَذَابَ السَّمُوْمِ‏(27)

FA-MANNAL LAAHO A’LAYNAA WA WAQAANAA A’ZAABAS SAMOOM.

But Allah showed us favour and He saved us from the punishment of the [infernal] miasma.

اِنَّا كُنَّا مِنْ قَبْلُ نَدْعُوْهُ ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيْمُ‏(28)

INNAA KUNNAA MIN QABLO NAD-O’OH, INNAHU HOWAL BARRUR RAHEEM.

We used to supplicate Him aforetime. Indeed He is the All-benign, the All-merciful.’

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَاۤ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَّلَا مَجْنُوْنٍؕ‏(29)

FA-ZAKKIR FAMAA ANTA BE-NE’MATE RABBEKA BE-KAAHENINW WA LAA MAJNOON.

So admonish. By your Lord’s blessing, you are not a soothsayer, nor mad.

اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهٖ رَيْبَ الْمَنُوْنِ‏(30)

AM YAQOOLOONA SHAA-E’RUN NATARABBASO BEHI RAYBAL MANOON.

Do they say, ‘[He is] a poet, for whom we await a fatal accident’?

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوْا فَاِنِّىْ مَعَكُمْ مِّنَ الْمُتَرَبِّصِيْنَ ؕ‏(31)

QUL TARABBASOO FA-INNEE MA-A’KUM MENAL MOTARABBESEEN.

Say, ‘Wait! I too am waiting along with you.’

اَمْ تَاْمُرُهُمْ اَحْلَامُهُمْ بِهٰذَآ اَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُوْنَۚ‏(32)

AM TAAMOROHUM AHLAAMOHUM BEHAAZAA AM HUM QAWMUN TAAGHOON.

Is it their intellect which prompts them to [say] this, or are they a rebellious lot?

اَمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ تَقَوَّلَهٗ ۚ بَلْ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۚ‏(33)

AM YAQOOLOONA TAQAWWALAH, BAL LAA YOAMENOON.

Do they say, ‘He has improvised it [himself]?’ Rather, they have no faith!

فَلْيَاْتُوْا بِحَدِيْثٍ مِّثْلِهٖۤ اِنْ كَانُوْا صٰدِقِيْنَؕ‏(34)

FALYAATOO BE-HADEESIM MISLEHI IN KAANOO SAADEQEEN.

Let them bring a discourse like it, if they are truthful.

اَمْ خُلِقُوْا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ اَمْ هُمُ الْخٰلِقُوْنَؕ‏(35)

AM KHOLEQOO MIN GHAYRE SHAY-IN AM HOMUL KHAALEQOON.

Were they created from nothing? Or are they [their own] creators?

اَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَۚ بَلْ لَّا يُوْقِنُوْنَؕ‏(36)

AM KHALAQUS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZ, BAL LAA YOOQENOON.

Did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they have no certainty!

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ اَمْ هُمُ الْمُصَۜيْطِرُوْنَؕ‏(37)

AM I’NDAHUM KHAZAAA-ENO RABBEKA AM HOMUL MOSAYTEROON.

Do they possess the treasuries of your Lord? Or do they control [them]?

اَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَّسْتَمِعُوْنَ فِيْهِ ۚ فَلْيَاْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِيْنٍؕ‏(38)

AM LAHUM SULLAMUN-Y YASTAME-O’ONA FEEH, FALYAATE MUSTAME-O’HUM BE-SULTAANIM MOBEEN.

Do they have a ladder [leading up to heaven] whereby they eavesdrop? If so, let their eavesdropper produce a manifest authority.

اَمْ لَهُ الْبَنٰتُ وَلَكُمُ الْبَنُوْنَؕ‏(39)

AM LAHUL BANAATO WA LAKOMUL BANOON.

Does He have daughters while you have sons?

اَمْ تَسْئَلُهُمْ اَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِّنْ مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُوْنَؕ‏(40)

AM TAS-ALOHUM AJRAN FAHUM MIM MAGHRAMIM MUSQALOON.

Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are [wary of] being weighed down with debt?

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُوْنَؕ‏(41)

AM I’NDAHOMUL GHAYBO FAHUM YAKTOBOON.

Do they have [access to] the Unseen, which they write down?

اَمْ يُرِيْدُوْنَ كَيْدًاؕ فَالَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا هُمُ الْمَكِيْدُوْنَؕ‏(42)

AM YOREEDOONA KAYDAA, FALLAZEENA KAFAROO HOMUL MAKEEDOON.

Do they seek to outmaneuver [Allah]? But it is the faithless who are the outmaneuvered ones!

اَمْ لَهُمْ اِلٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللّٰهِؕ سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُوْنَ‏(43)

AM LAHUM ELAAHUN GHAYRUL LAAH, SUBHAANAL LAAHE A’MMAA YUSHREKOON.

Do they have any god other than Allah? Clear is Allah of any partners that they may ascribe [to Him]!

وَاِنْ يَّرَوْا كِسْفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَّقُوْلُوْا سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُوْمٌ‏(44)

WA IN-Y YARAW KISFAM MENAS SAMAAA-E SAAQETAN-Y YAQOOLOO SAHAABUM MARKOOM.

Were they to see a fragment falling from the sky, they would say, ‘A cumulous cloud.’

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتّٰى يُلٰقُوْا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِىْ فِيْهِ يُصْعَقُوْنَۙ‏(45)

FA-ZARHUM HATTAA YOLAAQOO YAWMAHOMUL LAZEE FEEHE YUS-A’QOON.

So leave them until they encounter the day when they will be thunderstruck,

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِىْ عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَّلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُوْنَؕ‏(46)

YAWMA LAA YUGHNEE A’NHUM KAYDOHUM SHAY-ANW WA LAA HUM YUNSAROON.

the day when their guile will not avail them in any way, nor will they be helped.

وَاِنَّ لِلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا عَذَابًا دُوْنَ ذٰلِكَ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(47)

WA INNA LILLAZEENA ZALAMOO A’ZAABAN DOONA ZAALEKA WA LAAKINNA AKSARAHUM LAA YA’LAMOON.

Indeed there is a punishment besides that for those who do wrong, but most of them do not know.

وَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَاِنَّكَ بِاَعْيُنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِيْنَ تَقُوْمُۙ‏(48)

WAS BIR LE-HUKME RABBEKA FA-INNAKA BE-A-A’YONENAA WA SABBEH BE-HAMDE RABBEKA HEENA TAQOOM.

So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord, for indeed you fare before Our eyes. And celebrate the praise of your Lord when you rise [at dawn],

وَمِنَ الَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَاِدْبَارَ النُّجُوْمِ‏(49)

WA MENAL LAYLE FA-SABBEHHO WA IDBAARAN NOJOOM.

and also glorify Him during the night and at the receding of the stars.