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Surah 52 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 27

Surah At-Tur

The Mount

الطور
49 ayahs Revealed in Makkah Translation: Saheeh International

About Surah At-Tur

At-Tur swears by the mount, understood as the mountain where Moses was spoken to, and then by a Book inscribed on parchment spread open, by the frequented House, by the heaven raised as a ceiling, and by the sea set on fire (52:1 to 52:6). The oaths lead to a flat statement at 52:7: the punishment of your Lord will occur, and there is nothing that can hold it back.

The middle of the surah is a garden scene, thrones lined up, fruit and meat, a cup passed round that carries no idle talk and no sin, and at 52:21 the promise that believers will have their descendants joined to them without any of their own deeds being reduced. The last third becomes a run of questions with no answers offered, because none are possible: were they created by nothing, or did they create themselves, or did they create the heavens and the earth (52:35, 52:36), do they hold their Lord's storehouses, do they have a stairway into the sky on which to listen in. Bukhari records that Jubayr ibn Mut'im heard the Prophet, peace be upon him, reciting this surah in the Maghrib prayer and said his heart was almost about to fly.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

52:1

وَالطُّوْرِ

By the mount

52:2

وَكِتٰبٍ مَّسْطُوْرٍ

And [by] a Book inscribed

52:3

فِیْ رَقٍّ مَّنْشُوْرٍ

In parchment spread open

52:4

وَّالْبَیْتِ الْمَعْمُوْرِ

And [by] the frequented House

52:5

وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوْعِ

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

52:6

وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُوْرِ

And [by] the sea set on fire,

52:7

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِعٌ

Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

52:8

مَّا لَهٗ مِنْ دَافِعٍ

Of it there is no preventer.

52:9

یَّوْمَ تَمُوْرُ السَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

52:10

وَّتَسِیْرُ الْجِبَالُ سَیْرًا ۟ؕ

And the mountains will pass on, departing -

52:11

فَوَیْلٌ یَّوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِیْنَ

Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

52:12

الَّذِیْنَ هُمْ فِیْ خَوْضٍ یَّلْعَبُوْنَ

Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

52:13

یَوْمَ یُدَعُّوْنَ اِلٰی نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ۟ؕ

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

52:14

هٰذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِیْ كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُوْنَ

"This is the Fire which you used to deny.

52:15

اَفَسِحْرٌ هٰذَاۤ اَمْ اَنْتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ

Then is this magic, or do you not see?

52:16

اِصْلَوْهَا فَاصْبِرُوْۤا اَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوْا ۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَیْكُمْ ؕ اِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

[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."

52:17

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّنَعِیْمٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

52:18

فٰكِهِیْنَ بِمَاۤ اٰتٰىهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ۚ وَوَقٰىهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِیْمِ

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

52:19

كُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا هَنِیْٓـًٔا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

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

52:20

مُتَّكِـِٕیْنَ عَلٰی سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوْفَةٍ ۚ وَزَوَّجْنٰهُمْ بِحُوْرٍ عِیْنٍ

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

52:21

وَالَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّیَّتُهُمْ بِاِیْمَانٍ اَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّیَّتَهُمْ وَمَاۤ اَلَتْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ عَمَلِهِمْ مِّنْ شَیْءٍ ؕ كُلُّ امْرِىۢ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِیْنٌ

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.

52:22

وَاَمْدَدْنٰهُمْ بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَّلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا یَشْتَهُوْنَ

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

52:23

یَتَنَازَعُوْنَ فِیْهَا كَاْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِیْهَا وَلَا تَاْثِیْمٌ

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

52:24

وَیَطُوْفُ عَلَیْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَاَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُوْنٌ

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

52:25

وَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰی بَعْضٍ یَّتَسَآءَلُوْنَ

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

52:26

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِیْۤ اَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِیْنَ

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

52:27

فَمَنَّ اللّٰهُ عَلَیْنَا وَوَقٰىنَا عَذَابَ السَّمُوْمِ

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

52:28

اِنَّا كُنَّا مِنْ قَبْلُ نَدْعُوْهُ ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِیْمُ

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

52:29

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَاۤ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَّلَا مَجْنُوْنٍ ۟ؕ

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

52:30

اَمْ یَقُوْلُوْنَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهٖ رَیْبَ الْمَنُوْنِ

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

52:31

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوْا فَاِنِّیْ مَعَكُمْ مِّنَ الْمُتَرَبِّصِیْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:32

اَمْ تَاْمُرُهُمْ اَحْلَامُهُمْ بِهٰذَاۤ اَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُوْنَ

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

52:33

اَمْ یَقُوْلُوْنَ تَقَوَّلَهٗ ۚ بَلْ لَّا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ

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

52:34

فَلْیَاْتُوْا بِحَدِیْثٍ مِّثْلِهٖۤ اِنْ كَانُوْا صٰدِقِیْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:35

اَمْ خُلِقُوْا مِنْ غَیْرِ شَیْءٍ اَمْ هُمُ الْخٰلِقُوْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:36

اَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ ۚ بَلْ لَّا یُوْقِنُوْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:37

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَآىِٕنُ رَبِّكَ اَمْ هُمُ الْمُصَۜیْطِرُوْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:38

اَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ یَّسْتَمِعُوْنَ فِیْهِ ۚ فَلْیَاْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِیْنٍ ۟ؕ

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

52:39

اَمْ لَهُ الْبَنٰتُ وَلَكُمُ الْبَنُوْنَ ۟ؕ

Or has He daughters while you have sons?

52:40

اَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ اَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِّنْ مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُوْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:41

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَیْبُ فَهُمْ یَكْتُبُوْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:42

اَمْ یُرِیْدُوْنَ كَیْدًا ؕ فَالَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا هُمُ الْمَكِیْدُوْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:43

اَمْ لَهُمْ اِلٰهٌ غَیْرُ اللّٰهِ ؕ سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا یُشْرِكُوْنَ

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

52:44

وَاِنْ یَّرَوْا كِسْفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا یَّقُوْلُوْا سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُوْمٌ

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

52:45

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتّٰی یُلٰقُوْا یَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِیْ فِیْهِ یُصْعَقُوْنَ

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

52:46

یَوْمَ لَا یُغْنِیْ عَنْهُمْ كَیْدُهُمْ شَیْـًٔا وَّلَا هُمْ یُنْصَرُوْنَ ۟ؕ

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

52:47

وَاِنَّ لِلَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا عَذَابًا دُوْنَ ذٰلِكَ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ

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

52:48

وَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَاِنَّكَ بِاَعْیُنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِیْنَ تَقُوْمُ

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

52:49

وَمِنَ الَّیْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَاِدْبَارَ النُّجُوْمِ

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

Surah At-Tur in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 49 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.

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