Surah At-Tur (The Mount)
Meccan · 49 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
وَٱلطُّورِ
By the Mount
52:1وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ
And a Scripture inscribed
52:2فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ
On fine parchment unrolled
52:3وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ
And the House frequented
52:4وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ
And the roof exalted
52:5وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ
And the sea kept filled
52:6إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass
52:7مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ
There is none that can ward it off
52:8يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving
52:9وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement
52:10فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Then woe that day unto the deniers
52:11ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ
Who play in talk of grave matters
52:12يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا
The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
52:13هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny
52:14أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
Is this magic, or do ye not see
52:15ٱصۡلَوۡهَا 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
52:16إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight
52:17فَٰكِهِينَ 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
52:18كُلُواْ 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
52:19مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes
52:20وَٱلَّذِينَ 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
52:21وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire
52:22يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ 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۞وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls
52:24وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning
52:25قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious
52:26فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire
52:27إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful
52:28فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman
52:29أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time
52:30قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant
52:31أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ
Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk
52:32أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe
52:33فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful
52:34أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ
Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators
52:35أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing
52:36أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)
52:37أَمۡ 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
52:38أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons
52:39أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt
52:40أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down
52:41أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ
Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared
52:42أَمۡ 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)
52:43وَإِن 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
52:44فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken
52:45يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ
A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped
52:46وَإِنَّ 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
52:47وَٱصۡبِرۡ 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
52:48وَمِنَ 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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