Surah At-Tur الطور

وَٱلطُّورِ ١

Wat-tūr

By the mount

وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ ٢

Wakitābim mastūr

And [by] a Book inscribed¹⁵⁵⁰

فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ ٣

Fī raqqim manshūr

In parchment spread open

وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ ٤

Wal-baytil-ma'mūr

And [by] the frequented House¹⁵⁵¹

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ٥

Was-saqfil-marfū'

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

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ ٦

Wal-bahril-masjūr

And [by] the sea set on fire,¹⁵⁵²

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ٧

Inna 'adhāba rabbika lawāqi'

Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ ٨

Mmā lahū min dāfi'

Of it there is no preventer.

يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا ٩

Yawma tamūrus-samā'u mawrā

On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا ١٠

Watasīrul-jibālu sayrā

And the mountains will pass on, departing¹⁵⁵³ -

فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١١

Fawaylun yawma'idhil lil-mukaddhibīn

Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ ١٢

Alladhīna hum fī khawdin yal'abūn

Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ١٣

Yawma yuda''ūna ilā nāri jahannama da''ā

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

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٤

Hādhihin-nārul-latī kuntum bihā tukaddhibūn

"This is the Fire which you used to deny.

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ١٥

Afasihrun hādhā am antum lā tubsirūn

Then is this magic, or do you not see?

ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦

Islawhā fasbirū aw lā tasbirū sawā'un 'alaykum innamā tujzawna mā kuntum ta'malūn

[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."

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ ١٧

Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātin wana'īm

Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٨

Fākihīna bimā ātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum 'adhābal-jahīm

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

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٩

Kulū washrabū hanī'ā bimā kuntum ta'malūn

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ ٢٠

Muttaki'īna 'alā sururim masfūfatin wazawwajnāhum bihūrin 'īn

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

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞ ٢١

Walladhīna āmanū wattaba'athum dhurriyyatuhum bi īmānin alhaqnā bihim dhurriyyatahum wamā alatnāhum min 'amalihim min shay'in kullumriy'i bimā kasaba rahīn

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.¹⁵⁵⁴ Every person, for what he earned, is retained.¹⁵⁵⁵

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٢٢

Wa amdadnāhum bifākihatin walahmim mimmā yashtahūn

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

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞ ٢٣

Yatanāza'ūna fīhā ka sal lā laghwun fīhā walā ta'thīm

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

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ ٢٤

Wayatūfu 'alayhim ghilmānul lahum ka annahum lu'lu'um maknūn

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

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٢٥

Wa aqbala ba'duhum 'alā ba'din yatasā'alūn

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

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ ٢٦

Qālū innā kunnā qablu fī ahlinā mushfiqīn

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

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧

Famannallāhu 'alaynā wawaqānā 'adhābas-samūm

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

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٢٨

Innā kunnā min qablu nad'ūhu innahū huwal-barrur-rahīm

Indeed, we used to supplicate¹⁵⁵⁶ Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ ٢٩

Fadhakkir famā anta bini'mati rabbika bikāhinin walā majnūn

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

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ ٣٠

Am yaqūlūna shā'irun natarabbasu bihī raybal-manūn

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?¹⁵⁵⁷

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ٣١

Qul tarabbasū fa innī ma'akum minal-mutarabbisīn

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

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ ٣٢

Am ta'muruhum ahlāmuhum bihādhā am hum qawmun tāghūn

Or do their minds¹⁵⁵⁸ command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣٣

Am yaqūlūna taqawwalahū bal lā yu'minūn

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

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٤

Falya'tū bihadīthim mithlihī in kānū sādiqīn

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

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ٣٥

Am khuliqū min ghayri shay'in am humul-khāliqūn

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

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ٣٦

Am khalaqus-samāwāti wal-arda bal lā yūqinūn

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

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ ٣٧

Am 'indahum khazā'inu rabbika am humul-musaytirūn

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

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ ٣٨

Am lahum sullamun yastami'ūna fīhi falya'ti mustami'uhum bisultānim mubīn

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

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ٣٩

Am lahul-banātu walakumul-banūn

Or has He daughters while you have sons?

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ٤٠

Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim muthqalūn

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

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ٤١

Am 'indahumul-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn

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

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ ٤٢

Am yurīdūna kaydan falladhīna kafarū humul-makīdūn

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

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٤٣

Am lahum ilāhun ghayrullāhi subhānallāhi 'ammā yushrikūn

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

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ ٤٤

Wa in yaraw kisfam minas-samā'i sāqitan yaqūlū sahābum markūm

And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling,¹⁵⁵⁹ they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ ٤٥

Fadharhum hattā yulāqū yawmahumul-ladhī fīhi yus'aqūn

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

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٤٦

Yawma lā yughnī 'anhum kayduhum shay'an walā hum yunsarūn

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

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٧

Wa inna lilladhīna zalamū 'adhāban dūna dhālika walākinna aktharahum lā ya'lamūn

And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment¹⁵⁶⁰ before that, but most of them do not know.

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٤٨

Wasbir lihukmi rabbika fa innaka bi a'yuninā wasabbih bihamdi rabbika hīna taqūm

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

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ٤٩

Waminal-layli fasabbihhu wa idbāran-nujūm

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