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Surah At-Tur (The Mount)

Meccan · 49 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.

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Verses

  1. وَٱلطُّورِ

    By the Mount

    52:1
  2. وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ

    And a Scripture inscribed

    52:2
  3. فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ

    On fine parchment unrolled

    52:3
  4. وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ

    And the House frequented

    52:4
  5. وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ

    And the roof exalted

    52:5
  6. وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ

    And the sea kept filled

    52:6
  7. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ

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

    52:7
  8. مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ

    There is none that can ward it off

    52:8
  9. يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا

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

    52:9
  10. وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا

    And the mountains move away with (awful) movement

    52:10
  11. فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Then woe that day unto the deniers

    52:11
  12. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ

    Who play in talk of grave matters

    52:12
  13. يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

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

    52:13
  14. هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

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

    52:14
  15. أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

    Is this magic, or do ye not see

    52:15
  16. ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

    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

    52:16
  17. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ

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

    52:17
  18. فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

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

    52:18
  19. كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

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

    52:19
  20. مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ

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

    52:20
  21. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞ

    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

    52:21
  22. وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ

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

    52:22
  23. يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞ

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

    52:23
  24. ۞وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ

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

    52:24
  25. وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    And some of them draw near unto others, questioning

    52:25
  26. قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ

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

    52:26
  27. فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

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

    52:27
  28. إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

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

    52:28
  29. فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ

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

    52:29
  30. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ

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

    52:30
  31. قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

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

    52:31
  32. أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ

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

    52:32
  33. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

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

    52:33
  34. فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

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

    52:34
  35. أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ

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

    52:35
  36. أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

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

    52:36
  37. أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ

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

    52:37
  38. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ

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

    52:38
  39. أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ

    Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons

    52:39
  40. أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

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

    52:40
  41. أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

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

    52:41
  42. أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ

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

    52:42
  43. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ

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

    52:43
  44. وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ

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

    52:44
  45. فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ

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

    52:45
  46. يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ

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

    52:46
  47. وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

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

    52:47
  48. وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

    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

    52:48
  49. وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

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

    52:49

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.

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