52. At-Tur سُورَةُ الطُّورِ

Saheeh InternationalBy the mount

Yusuf AliBy the Mount (of Revelation)

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] a Book inscribed

Yusuf AliBy a Decree inscribed

Saheeh InternationalIn parchment spread open

Yusuf AliIn a Scroll unfolded

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the frequented House

Yusuf AliBy the much-frequented Fane

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the heaven raised high

Yusuf AliBy the Canopy Raised High

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the sea filled [with fire]

Yusuf AliAnd by the Ocean filled with Swell

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur

Yusuf AliVerily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass

Saheeh InternationalOf it there is no preventer

Yusuf AliThere is none can avert it

Saheeh InternationalOn the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

Yusuf AliOn the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion

Saheeh InternationalAnd the mountains will pass on, departing

Yusuf AliAnd the mountains will fly hither and thither

Saheeh InternationalThen woe, that Day, to the deniers

Yusuf AliThen woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood

Saheeh InternationalWho are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves

Yusuf AliThat play (and paddle) in shallow trifles

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

Yusuf AliThat Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly

Saheeh InternationalThis is the Fire which you used to deny

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

Saheeh InternationalThen is this magic, or do you not see

Yusuf AliIs this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see

Saheeh International[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

Yusuf AliBurn 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

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure

Yusuf AliAs to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness

Saheeh InternationalEnjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

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

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

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

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

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

Saheeh InternationalAnd 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

Yusuf AliAnd 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

Saheeh InternationalAnd We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire

Yusuf AliAnd We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire

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

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

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

Yusuf AliRound about them will serve, (devoted) to them. Youths (handsome) as Pearls well-guarded

Saheeh InternationalAnd they will approach one another, inquiring of each other

Yusuf AliThey will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry

Saheeh InternationalThey will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah]

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

Saheeh InternationalSo Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire

Yusuf AliBut God has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind

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

Yusuf AliTruly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Saheeh InternationalSo remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman

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

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

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

Saheeh InternationalSay, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters

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

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

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

Saheeh InternationalOr do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe

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

Saheeh InternationalThen let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful

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

Saheeh InternationalOr were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]

Yusuf AliWere they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators

Saheeh InternationalOr did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain

Yusuf AliOr did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief

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

Yusuf AliOr are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)

Saheeh InternationalOr have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority

Yusuf AliOr 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

Saheeh InternationalOr has He daughters while you have sons

Yusuf AliOr has He only daughters and ye have sons

Saheeh InternationalOr do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down

Yusuf AliOr is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt

Saheeh InternationalOr have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down

Yusuf AliOr that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down

Saheeh InternationalOr do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan

Yusuf AliOr do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy God are themselves involved in a Plot

Saheeh InternationalOr have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him

Yusuf AliOr have they a god other than God? Exalted is God far above the things they associate with Him

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

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

Saheeh InternationalSo leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible

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

Saheeh InternationalThe Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped

Yusuf AliThe Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them

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

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

Saheeh InternationalAnd be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes. And exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord when you arise

Yusuf AliNow 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

Saheeh InternationalAnd in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars

Yusuf AliAnd for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat of the stars