Surah At-Tur (The Mount)

وَٱلطُّورِ

By the Mount (of Revelation);

By the Mount,

وَكِتَٰبٍۢ مَّسْطُورٍۢ

By a Decree inscribed

And a Scripture inscribed

فِى رَقٍّۢ مَّنشُورٍۢ

In a Scroll unfolded;

On fine parchment unrolled,

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ

By the much-frequented Fane;

And the House frequented,

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

By the Canopy Raised High;

And the roof exalted,

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ

And by the Ocean filled with Swell;-

And the sea kept filled,

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ

Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass;-

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

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍۢ

There is none can avert it;-

There is none that can ward it off.

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًۭا

On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.

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

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًۭا

And the mountains will fly hither and thither.

And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,

فَوَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;-

Then woe that day unto the deniers

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍۢ يَلْعَبُونَ

That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.

Who play in talk of grave matters;

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.

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

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

"This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire,- which ye were wont to deny!

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

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

"Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?

Is this magic, or do ye not see?

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

"Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with patience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds."

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.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَعِيمٍۢ

As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,-

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

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.

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

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

(To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds."

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ

They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes.

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

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌۭ

And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds.

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.

وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ وَلَحْمٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire.

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

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًۭا لَّا لَغْوٌۭ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌۭ

They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of frivolity, free of all taint of ill.

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

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌۭ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ

Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as Pearls well-guarded.

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

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.

And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people.

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

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

"But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind.

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

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful!"

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

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍۢ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.

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

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌۭ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ

Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"

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

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"

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

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ

Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?

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

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!

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

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ

Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak the truth!

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

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

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

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.

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

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)?

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

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌۭ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ

Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.

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

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?

Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-

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

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?

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

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!

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

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Or have they a god other than Allah? Exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him!

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

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًۭا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌۭ مَّرْكُومٌۭ

Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"

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

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror),-

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

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them.

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

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment besides this: But most of them understand not.

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

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth,

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,

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

And for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat of the stars!

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