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Surahs 52

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The Mount · Makki · 49 ayahs

Translation by Sahih International

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  1. 1

    وَٱلطُّورِ

    Wat-Ṭoor;

    By the mount

  2. 2

    وَكِتَـٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ

    Wa-Kitaabim masṭoor

    And [by] a Book inscribed

  3. 3

    فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ

    Fee Raq̣q̣im mañshoor;

    In parchment spread open

  4. 4

    وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ

    Wal-Baytil maʻmoor;

    And [by] the frequented House

  5. 5

    وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

    Was-Saq̣fil marfooʻ;

    And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high

  6. 6

    وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ

    Wal-Baḥril masjoor;

    And [by] the sea set on fire,

  7. 7

    إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

    ʹInna ʻAẓaaba Rabbika lawaaq̣iʻ;―

    Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

  8. 8

    مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ

    Maa- lahoo miñ daafiʻ;―

    Of it there is no preventer.

  9. 9

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

    Yawma tamoorus samaaaʹu mawraa,

    On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

  10. 10

    وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

    Wa-taseerul jibaalu sayraa.

    And the mountains will pass on, departing -

  11. 11

    فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Fawayluñy Yawmaʹiẓil lil-mukaẓẓibeen;―

    Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

  12. 12

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

    ʹAllaẓeena hum fee khawḍiñy yalʻaboon.

    Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

  13. 13

    يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

    Yawma yudaʻʻoona ʹilaa Naari Jahannama daʻ-ʻaa.

    The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

  14. 14

    هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    Haaẓihin Naarul latee kuñtum̃ bihaa tukaẓẓiboon!

    "This is the Fire which you used to deny.

  15. 15

    أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    ʹAfasiḥrun haaẓaaa ʹam ʹañtum laa- tubṣiroon?

    Then is this magic, or do you not see?

  16. 16

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

    ʹIṣlawhaa faṣbirooo ʹaw laa- taṣbiroo: sawaaaʹun ʻalaykum: ʹinnamaa tujzawna maa- kuñtum taʻmaloon.

    [Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."

  17. 17

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

    ʹInnal Muttaq̣eena Fee Jannaatiñw Wa-Naʻeem,―

    Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

  18. 18

    فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    Faakiheena bimaaa ʹaataahum rabbuhum wa-waq̣aahum Rabbuhum ʻAẓaabal Jaḥeem.

    Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.

  19. 19

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Kuloo washraboo haneeeʹam bimaa kuñtum taʻmaloon.

    [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

  20. 20

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

    Muttakiʹeena ʻalaa sururim maṣfoofah: wa-zawwaj-naahum̃ biḥoorin ʻeen.

    They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

  21. 21

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

    Wallaẓeena ʹaamanoo wattabaʻathum ẓurriyyatuhum̃ biʹeemaanin ʹalḥaq̣naa bihim ẓurriyyatahum wa-maaa ʹalatnaahum min ʻamalihim miñ shayʹ: kullum riʹim bimaa kasaba raheen.

    And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.

  22. 22

    وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    Wa-ʹamdadnaahum̃ bifaakihatiñw walaḥmim mimmaa- yashtahoon.

    And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.

  23. 23

    يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ

    Yatanaazaʻoona feehaa kaʹsal laa lag̣wuñ feehaa wa-laa taʹs̤eem.

    They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.

  24. 24

    ۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

    Wa-yaṭoofu ʻalayhim g̣ilmaanul lahum kaʹannahum Luʹluʹum maknoon.

    There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.

  25. 25

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    Wa-ʹaq̣bala baʻḍuhum ʻalaa baʻḍiñy yatasaaaʹaloon.

    And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

  26. 26

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

    Q̣aalooo ʹinnaa kunnaa q̣ablu feee ʹahlinaa mushfiq̣een.

    They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allāh].

  27. 27

    فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

    Famannal laahu ʻalaynaa wa-waq̣aanaa ʻAẓaabas Samoom.

    So Allāh conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.

  28. 28

    إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    ʹInnaa kunnaa miñ q̣ablu nadʻooh: ʹinnahoo Huwal Barrur Raḥeem!

    Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

  29. 29

    فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

    Faẓakkir famaaa ʹañta bi-Niʻmati Rabbika bikaahiniñw walaa majnoon.

    So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.

  30. 30

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ

    ʹAm yaq̣ooloona Shaaʻirun natarabbaṣu bihee raybal manoon!

    Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?

  31. 31

    قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

    Q̣ul tarabbaṣoo faʹinnee maʻakum minal mutarabbiṣeen!

    Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

  32. 32

    أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

    ʹAm taʹmuruhum ʹaḥlaamuhum̃ bihaaẓaaa ʹam hum q̣awmuñ ṭaag̣oon?

    Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

  33. 33

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ʹAm yaq̣ooloona taq̣awwalah? Bal laa yuʹminoon!

    Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

  34. 34

    فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ

    Falyaʹtoo biḥadees̤im mis̤liheee ʹiñ kaanoo Ṣaadiq̣een!

    Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.

  35. 35

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ

    ʹAm khuliq̣oo min g̣ayri shayʹin ʹam humul khaaliq̣oon?

    Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

  36. 36

    أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

    ʹAm khalaq̣us samaawaati wal-ʹarḍ? Bal laa yooq̣inoon.

    Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

  37. 37

    أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

    ʹAm ʻiñdahum khazaaaʹinu Rabbika ʹam humul musayṭiroon?

    Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?

  38. 38

    أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ʹAm lahum sullamuñy yastamiʻoona feeh? falyaʹti mustamiʻuhum̃ bisulṭaanim mubeen.

    Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].

  39. 39

    أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

    ʹAm lahul banaatu wa-lakumul banoon?

    Or has He daughters while you have sons?

  40. 40

    أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

    ʹAm tasʹaluhum ʹajrañ fahum mim mag̣ramim mus̤q̣aloon?

    Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

  41. 41

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    ʹAm ʻiñdahumul G̣aybu fahum yaktuboon?

    Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

  42. 42

    أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

    ʹAm yureedoona kaydaa? Fallaẓeena kafaroo humul makeedoon!

    Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.

  43. 43

    أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ʹAm lahum ʹilaahun g̣ayrul laah? Subḥaanal laahi ʻammaa yushrikoon!

    Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

  44. 44

    وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

    Wa-ʹiñy yaraw kisfam minas samaaaʹi saaq̣iṭañy yaq̣ooloo saḥaabum markoom!

    And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

  45. 45

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

    Faẓarhum ḥattaa yulaaq̣oo Yawmahumul laẓee feehi yuṣʻaq̣oon,―

    So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

  46. 46

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    Yawma laa- yug̣nee ʻanhum kayduhum shayʹañw walaa hum yuñṣaroon.

    The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.

  47. 47

    وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Wa-ʹinna lillaẓeena z̤̣alamoo ʻaẓaabañ doona ẓaalika wa-laakinna ʹaks̤arahum laa- yaʻlamoon.

    And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.

  48. 48

    وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

    Waṣbir liḥukmi Rabbika faʹinnaka biʹaʻyuninaa wa-sabbiḥ bi-Ḥamdi Rabbika ḥeena taq̣oom,

    And be patient, [O Muḥammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes [i.e., sight]. And exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord when you arise

  49. 49

    وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

    Wa-minal layli fasabbiḥhu wa-ʹidbaaran nujoom!

    And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.