Surah At-Tur (سورة At-Tur)

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Surah At-Tur (Arabic: سورة At-Tur, "The Mount") is the 52 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 49 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah At-Tur ("The Mount") is chapter 52 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 49 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 52:1

وَالطُّوۡرِۙ‏

wal-ṭūri

By the mount

Verse 52:2

وَكِتٰبٍ مَّسۡطُوۡرٍۙ‏

wakitābin masṭūrin

And [by] a Book inscribed

Verse 52:3

فِيۡ رَقٍّ مَّنۡشُوۡرٍۙ‏

fī raqqin manshūrin

In parchment spread open

Verse 52:4

وَّالۡبَيۡتِ الۡمَعۡمُوۡرِۙ‏

wal-bayti l-maʿmūri

And [by] the frequented House

Verse 52:5

وَالسَّقۡفِ الۡمَرۡفُوۡعِۙ‏

wal-saqfi l-marfūʿi

And [by] the heaven raised high

Verse 52:6

وَالۡبَحۡرِ الۡمَسۡجُوۡرِۙ‏

wal-baḥri l-masjūri

And [by] the sea filled [with fire]

Verse 52:7

اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِعٌۙ‏

inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿun

Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur

Verse 52:8

مَّا لَهٗ مِنۡ دَافِعٍۙ‏

mā lahu min dāfiʿin

Of it there is no preventer

Verse 52:9

يَّوۡمَ تَمُوۡرُ السَّمَآءُ مَوۡرًا

yawma tamūru l-samāu mawran

On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

Verse 52:10

وَّتَسِيۡرُ الۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرًاؕ‏

watasīru l-jibālu sayran

And the mountains will pass on, departing

Verse 52:11

فَوَيۡلٌ يَّوۡمَئِذٍ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِيۡنَۙ‏

Then woe, that Day, to the deniers

Verse 52:12

الَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ فِيۡ خَوۡضٍ يَّلۡعَبُوۡنَۘ‏

Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves

Verse 52:13

يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّوۡنَ اِلٰي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّاؕ‏

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

Verse 52:14

هٰذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِيۡ كُنۡتُمۡ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُوۡنَ

This is the Fire which you used to deny

Verse 52:15

اَفَسِحۡرٌ هٰذَا٘ اَمۡ اَنۡتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَ

Then is this magic, or do you not see

Verse 52:16

اِصۡلَوۡهَا فَاصۡبِرُوۡ٘ا اَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُوۡاۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡؕ اِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ

[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

Verse 52:17

اِنَّ الۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ فِيۡ جَنّٰتٍ وَّنَعِيۡمٍۙ‏

Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure

Verse 52:18

فٰكِهِيۡنَ بِمَا٘ اٰتٰىهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ وَوَقٰىهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ الۡجَحِيۡمِ

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

Verse 52:19

كُلُوۡا وَاشۡرَبُوۡا هَنِيۡٓـًٔاۭ بِمَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَۙ‏

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

Verse 52:20

مُتَّكِـِٕيۡنَ عَلٰي سُرُرٍ مَّصۡفُوۡفَةٍۚ وَزَوَّجۡنٰهُمۡ بِحُوۡرٍ عِيۡنٍ

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

Verse 52:21

وَالَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَاتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُمۡ بِاِيۡمَانٍ اَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَا٘ اَلَتۡنٰهُمۡ مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِمۡ مِّنۡ شَيۡءٍؕ كُلُّ امۡرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِيۡنٌ

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

Verse 52:22

وَاَمۡدَدۡنٰهُمۡ بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَّلَحۡمٍ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُوۡنَ

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

Verse 52:23

يَتَنَازَعُوۡنَ فِيۡهَا كَاۡسًا لَّا لَغۡوٌ فِيۡهَا وَلَا تَاۡثِيۡمٌ

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

Verse 52:24

وَيَطُوۡفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٌ لَّهُمۡ كَاَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٌ مَّكۡنُوۡنٌ

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

Verse 52:25

وَاَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلٰي بَعۡضٍ يَّتَسَآءَلُوۡنَ

And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other

Verse 52:26

قَالُوۡ٘ا اِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيۡ٘ اَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِيۡنَ

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

Verse 52:27

فَمَنَّ اللّٰهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقٰىنَا عَذَابَ السَّمُوۡمِ

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

Verse 52:28

اِنَّا كُنَّا مِنۡ قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوۡهُؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الۡبَرُّ الرَّحِيۡمُࣖ‏

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

Verse 52:29

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَا٘ اَنۡتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَّلَا مَجۡنُوۡنٍؕ‏

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

Verse 52:30

اَمۡ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهٖ رَيۡبَ الۡمَنُوۡنِ

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

Verse 52:31

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُوۡا فَاِنِّيۡ مَعَكُمۡ مِّنَ الۡمُتَرَبِّصِيۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:32

اَمۡ تَاۡمُرُهُمۡ اَحۡلَامُهُمۡ بِهٰذَا٘ اَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ طَاغُوۡنَۚ‏

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

Verse 52:33

اَمۡ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ تَقَوَّلَهٗۚ بَلۡ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَۚ‏

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

Verse 52:34

فَلۡيَاۡتُوۡا بِحَدِيۡثٍ مِّثۡلِهٖ٘ اِنۡ كَانُوۡا صٰدِقِيۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:35

اَمۡ خُلِقُوۡا مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ اَمۡ هُمُ الۡخٰلِقُوۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:36

اَمۡ خَلَقُوا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَۚ بَلۡ لَّا يُوۡقِنُوۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:37

اَمۡ عِنۡدَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ اَمۡ هُمُ الۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُوۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:38

اَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٌ يَّسۡتَمِعُوۡنَ فِيۡهِۚ فَلۡيَاۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُمۡ بِسُلۡطٰنٍ مُّبِيۡنٍؕ‏

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

Verse 52:39

اَمۡ لَهُ الۡبَنٰتُ وَلَكُمُ الۡبَنُوۡنَؕ‏

Or has He daughters while you have sons

Verse 52:40

اَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ اَجۡرًا فَهُمۡ مِّنۡ مَّغۡرَمٍ مُّثۡقَلُوۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:41

اَمۡ عِنۡدَهُمُ الۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُوۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:42

اَمۡ يُرِيۡدُوۡنَ كَيۡدًاؕ فَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا هُمُ الۡمَكِيۡدُوۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:43

اَمۡ لَهُمۡ اِلٰهٌ غَيۡرُ اللّٰهِؕ سُبۡحٰنَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُوۡنَ

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

Verse 52:44

وَاِنۡ يَّرَوۡا كِسۡفًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَّقُوۡلُوۡا سَحَابٌ مَّرۡكُوۡمٌ

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

Verse 52:45

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتّٰي يُلٰقُوۡا يَوۡمَهُمُ الَّذِيۡ فِيۡهِ يُصۡعَقُوۡنَۙ‏

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

Verse 52:46

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِيۡ عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا وَّلَا هُمۡ يُنۡصَرُوۡنَؕ‏

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

Verse 52:47

وَاِنَّ لِلَّذِيۡنَ ظَلَمُوۡا عَذَابًا دُوۡنَ ذٰلِكَ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ

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

Verse 52:48

وَاصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَاِنَّكَ بِاَعۡيُنِنَا وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِيۡنَ تَقُوۡمُۙ‏

And 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

Verse 52:49

وَمِنَ الَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَاِدۡبَارَ النُّجُوۡمِࣖ‏

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