Surah At-Tur (52): Arabic, Transliteration and English

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

وَٱلطُّورِ ﴿١﴾

Wat-Toor

1 By the mount

وَكِتَٰبٍۢ مَّسْطُورٍۢ ﴿٢﴾

Wa kitaabim mastoor

2 And [by] a Book inscribed

فِى رَقٍّۢ مَّنشُورٍۢ ﴿٣﴾

Fee raqqim manshoor

3 In parchment spread open

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ ﴿٤﴾

Wal baitil ma'moor

4 And [by] the frequented House

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ ﴿٥﴾

Wassaqfil marfoo'

5 And [by] the heaven raised high

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ ﴿٦﴾

Wal bahril masjoor

6 And [by] the sea filled [with fire],

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ ﴿٧﴾

Inna 'azaaba Rabbika lawaaqi'

7 Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍۢ ﴿٨﴾

Maa lahoo min daafi'

8 Of it there is no preventer.

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًۭا ﴿٩﴾

Yawma tamoorus samaaa'u mawraa

9 On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًۭا ﴿١٠﴾

Wa taseerul jibaalu sairaa

10 And the mountains will pass on, departing -

فَوَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١١﴾

Fawailuny yawma 'izil lil mukaazzibeen

11 Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍۢ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

Allazeena hum fee khawdiny yal'aboon

12 Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ﴿١٣﴾

Yawma yuda'-'oona ilaa naari jahannama da'-'aa

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

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

Haazihin naarul latee kuntum bihaa tukazziboon

14 "This is the Fire which you used to deny.

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

Afasihrun haazaaaa am antum laa tubsiroon

15 Then is this magic, or do you not see?

ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

Islawhaa fasbirooo aw laa tasbiroo sawaaa'un 'alaikum innamaa tujzawna maa kuntum ta'maloon

16 [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 ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَعِيمٍۢ ﴿١٧﴾

Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa na'eem

17 Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٨﴾

Faakiheena bimaaa aataahum rabbuhum wa waqaahum rabbuhum 'azaabal jaheem

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

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Kuloo washraboo haneee 'am bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

Muttaki'eena 'alaa sururim masfoofatinw wa zawwaj naahum bihoorin 'een

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

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌۭ ﴿٢١﴾

Wallazeena aamanoo wattaba'at hum zurriyyatuhum bieemaanin alhaqnaa bihim zurriyyatahum wa maaa alatnaahum min 'amalihim min shai'; kullum ri'im bimaa kasaba raheen

21 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.

وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ وَلَحْمٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Wa amdadnaahum bifaa kihatinw wa lahmim mimmaa yashtahoon

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

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًۭا لَّا لَغْوٌۭ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌۭ ﴿٢٣﴾

Yatanaaza'oona feehaa kaasal laa laghwun feehaa wa laa taaseem

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

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌۭ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾

Wa yatoofu 'alaihim ghilmaanul lahum ka annahum lu'lu'um maknoon

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

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Wa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatasaaa'aloon

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

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Qaalooo innaa kunnaa qablu feee ahlinaa mushfiqeen

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

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿٢٧﴾

Famannnal laahu 'alainaa wa waqaanaa 'azaabas samoom

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

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٢٨﴾

Innaa kunnaa min qablu nad'oohu innahoo huwal barrur raheem

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

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍۢ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٩﴾

Fazakkir famaaa anta bini'mati rabbika bikaahininw wa laa majnoon

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

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌۭ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ﴿٣٠﴾

Am yaqooloona shaa'irun natarabbasu bihee raibal manoon

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

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Qul tarabbasoo fa innee ma'akum minal mutarabbiseen

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

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Am taamuruhum ahlaamuhum bihaazaaa am hum qawmun taaghoon

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

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Am yaqooloona taqawwalah; bal laa yu'minoon

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

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

Falyaatoo bihadeesim misliheee in kaanoo saadiqeen

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

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Am khuliqoo min ghairi shai'in am humul khaaliqoon

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

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Am khalaqus samaawaati wal ard; bal laa yooqinoon

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

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Am'indahum khazaaa'inu rabbika am humul musaitiroon

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

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌۭ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾

Am lahum sullamuny yastami'oona feehi falyaati mustami'uhum bisultaanim mubeen

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

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Am lahul banaatu wa lakumul banoon

39 Or has He daughters while you have sons?

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon

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

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon

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

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Am yureedoona kaidan fallazeena kafaroo humul makeedoon

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

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Am lahum ilaahun ghairul laa; subhaanal laahi 'ammaa yushrikoon

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

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًۭا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌۭ مَّرْكُومٌۭ ﴿٤٤﴾

Wa iny yaraw kisfam minas samaaa'i saaqitany yaqooloo sahaabum markoom

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

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

Fazarhum hatta yulaaqoo yawmahumul lazee feehi yus'aqoon

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

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Yawma laa yughnee 'anhum kaidumhum shai'anw wa laa hum yunsaroon

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

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Wa inna lillazeena zalamoo 'azaaban doona zalika wa laakinna aksarahum laa ya'lamoon

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

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿٤٨﴾

Wasbir lihukmi rabbika fa innaka bi-a'yuninaa wa sabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoom

48 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.

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٤٩﴾

Wa minal laili fasabbihhu wa idbaaran nujoom

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

Sources: Arabic text in Uthmani script (Tanzil edition); English translation: Saheeh International; transliteration in standard Latin letters. Transliteration helps with pronunciation but cannot render every Arabic letter.