سورة الطور
Surah At-Tur
The Mount
Surah At-Tur (The Mount) is the 52nd surah of the Quran. It has 49 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَ ٱلطُّورِ﴿١﴾
Waalttoori
By the mount
وَ كِتَٰبࣲ مَّسۡطُورࣲ﴿٢﴾
Wakitabin mastoorin
And [by] a Book inscribed
فِي رَقࣲّ مَّنشُورࣲ﴿٣﴾
Fee raqqin manshoorin
In parchment spread open
وَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ﴿٤﴾
Waalbayti almaʿmoori
And [by] the frequented House
وَ ٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ﴿٥﴾
Waalssaqfi almarfooʿi
And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high
وَ ٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ﴿٦﴾
Waalbahri almasjoori
And [by] the sea set on fire,
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعࣱ﴿٧﴾
Inna ʿathaba rabbika lawaqiʿun
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ﴿٨﴾
Ma lahu min dafiʿin
Of it there is no preventer.
يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرࣰا﴿٩﴾
Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
وَ تَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرࣰا﴿١٠﴾
Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
And the mountains will pass on, departing -
فَوَيۡلࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ﴿١١﴾
Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena
Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضࣲ يَلۡعَبُونَ﴿١٢﴾
Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalʿaboona
Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا﴿١٣﴾
Yawma yudaʿʿoona ila nari jahannama daʿʿan
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﴾
Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
"This is the Fire which you used to deny.
أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ﴿١٥﴾
Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
Then is this magic, or do you not see?
ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿١٦﴾
Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon ʿalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum taʿmaloona
[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 جَنَّٰتࣲ وَ نَعِيمࣲ﴿١٧﴾
Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaʿeemin
Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَ وَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ﴿١٨﴾
Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum ʿathaba aljaheemi
Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
كُلُواْ وَ ٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿١٩﴾
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taʿmaloona
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲ ۖ وَ زَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينࣲ﴿٢٠﴾
Muttakieena ʿala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin ʿeenin
They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ ٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَ مَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءࣲ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينࣱ﴿٢١﴾
Waallatheena amanoo waittabaʿathum thurriyyatuhum bieemanin alhaqna bihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum min ʿamalihim min shayin kullu imriin bima kasaba raheenun
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.
وَ أَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةࣲ وَ لَحۡمࣲ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ﴿٢٢﴾
Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسࣰا لَّا لَغۡوࣱ فِيهَا وَ لَا تَأۡثِيمࣱ﴿٢٣﴾
Yatanazaʿoona feeha kasan la laghwun feeha wala tatheemun
They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
وَ يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ﴿٢٤﴾
Wayatoofu ʿalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum luluon maknoonun
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.
وَ أَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ﴿٢٥﴾
Waaqbala baʿduhum ʿala baʿdin yatasaaloona
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ﴿٢٦﴾
Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allāh].
فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَ وَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ﴿٢٧﴾
Famanna Allahu ʿalayna wawaqana ʿathaba alssamoomi
So Allāh conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٢٨﴾
Inna kunna min qablu nadʿoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنࣲ وَ لَا مَجۡنُونٍ﴿٢٩﴾
Fathakkir fama anta biniʿmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرࣱ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ﴿٣٠﴾
Am yaqooloona shaʿirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?
قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ﴿٣١﴾
Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maʿakum mina almutarabbiseena
Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ ۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ﴿٣٢﴾
Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٣٣﴾
Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona
Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٣٤﴾
Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ﴿٣٥﴾
Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ﴿٣٦﴾
Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ﴿٣٧﴾
Am ʿindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينٍ﴿٣٨﴾
Am lahum sullamun yastamiʿoona feehi falyati mustamiʿuhum bisultanin mubeenin
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 وَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ﴿٣٩﴾
Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ﴿٤٠﴾
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ﴿٤١﴾
Am ʿindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدࣰا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ﴿٤٢﴾
Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٤٣﴾
Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi ʿamma yushrikoona
Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.
وَ إِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطࣰا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ﴿٤٤﴾
Wain yaraw kisfan mina alssamai saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ﴿٤٥﴾
Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusʿaqoona
So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ لَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ﴿٤٦﴾
Yawma la yughnee ʿanhum kayduhum shayan wala hum yunsaroona
The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
وَ إِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابࣰا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَ لَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٤٧﴾
Wainna lillatheena thalamoo ʿathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaʿlamoona
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
وَ ٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَا ۖ وَ سَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ﴿٤٨﴾
Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fainnaka biaʿyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
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
وَ مِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَ إِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ﴿٤٩﴾
Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi
And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
It is derived from the very first cord "Wat Tur-i."
Period of Revelation
From the internal evidence of the subject matter it appears that this Surah too was revealed in the same stage of the Holy Prophet's life at Makkah in which the Surah Adh-Dhariyat was revealed. While going through it one can clearly feel that during the period of its revelation the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was being showered with objections and accusations but there is no evidence yet to show that severe persecution of the Muslims had started.
Subject Matter and Topics
The subject matter of its first section (vv. 1-28) is the Hereafter. As arguments for its possibility, necessity and occurrence had already been given in Surah Adh-Dhariyat, these have not been repeated here. However, swearing an oath by some realities and signs which testify to the Hereafter, it has been stated most emphatically that it will surely come to pass, and none has the power to prevent its occurrence. Then, it has been stated as to what will be the fate of those who deny it when it actually occurs, and how will those who believe in it and adopt the way of piety and righteousness accordingly, be blessed by Allah.
Then, in the second section (vv. 29-49) the Quraish chiefs' attitude towards the message of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah he upon him) has been criticized. They called him a sorcerer, a madman, or a poet, and would thus mislead the common people against him so that they should not pay any serious attention to the message he preached. They looked upon him as a calamity that had suddenly descended on them and would openly wish that he met with a disaster so that they were rid of him. They accused him of fabricating the Qur'an by himself and of presenting it in the name of Allah, and this was, God forbid, a fraud that he was practicing. They would often taunt him, saying that God could not have appointed an ordinary man like him to the office of Prophethood. They expressed great disgust at his invitation and message and would avoid him as if he was asking them for a reward for it. They would sit and take counsels together to devise schemes in order to put an end to his mission. And while they did all this they never realized what creeds of ignorance they were involved in and how selflessly and sincerely was Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) exerting himself to deliver them from their error. While criticizing them for this attitude and conduct, Allah has put them certain questions, one after the other, each of which is either an answer to some objection of theirs, or a criticism of some error. Then, it has been said that it would absolutely be of no avail to show them a miracle in order to convince them of his Prophethood, for they were such stubborn people as would misinterpret anything they were shown only to avoid affirming the faith.
In the beginning of this section as well as in its end, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has been given the instruction that he should persistently continue giving his invitation and preaching his message in spite of the accusations and objections of his opponents and enemies, and should endure their resistance patiently till Allah's judgment comes to pass. Besides, he has been consoled, as if to say "Your Lord has not left you alone to face your enemies, after raising you as a Prophet, but He is constantly watching over you. Therefore, endure every hardship patiently till the Hour of His judgment comes, and seek through praising and glorifying your Lord the power that is required for exerting in the cause of Allah under such conditions.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran