سُورَةُ الطُّورِ

وَٱلطُّورِ (۱)

CONSIDER Mount Sinai!

وَكِتَـٰبࣲ مَّسۡطُورࣲ (۲)

Consider [God’s] revelation, inscribed

فِی رَقࣲّ مَّنشُورࣲ (۳)

on wide-open scrolls.

وَٱلۡبَیۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ (۴)

Consider the long-enduring house [of worship]!

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ (۵)

Consider the vault [of heaven] raised high!

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ (۶)

Consider the surf-swollen sea!

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَ ٰ⁠قِعࣱ (۷)

VERILY, [O man,] the suffering decreed by thy Sustainer [for the sinners] will indeed come to pass:

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ (۸)

there is none who could avert it.

یَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ مَوۡرࣰا (۹)

[It will come to pass] on the Day when the skies will be convulsed in [a great] convulsion,

وَتَسِیرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَیۡرࣰا (۱۰)

and the mountains will move with [an awesome] movement.

فَوَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ (۱۱)

Woe, then, on that Day to all who give the lie to the truth –

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی خَوۡضࣲ یَلۡعَبُونَ (۱۲)

all those who [throughout their lives] but idly played with things vain –

یَوۡمَ یُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا (۱۳)

on the Day when they shall be thrust into the fire with [an irresistible] thrust, [and will be told:]

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِی كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ (۱۴)

“This is the fire which you were wont to call a lie!

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَـٰذَاۤ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ (۱۵)

Was it, then, a delusion or is it that you failed to see [its truth]?

ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوۤا۟ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُوا۟ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ (۱۶)

Endure it [now]! But [whether you] bear yourselves with patience or without patience, it will be the same to you: you are but being requited for what you were wont to do.”

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَعِیمࣲ (۱۷)

[But,] verily, the God-conscious will find themselves [on that Day] in gardens and in bliss,

فَـٰكِهِینَ بِمَاۤ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ (۱۸)

rejoicing in all that their Sustainer will have granted them: for their Sustainer will have warded off from them all suffering through the blazing fire.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ (۱۹)

[And they will be told:] “Eat and drink with good cheer as an outcome of what you were wont to do,

مُتَّكِـِٔینَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ (۲۰)

reclining on couches [of happiness] ranged in rows!” And [in that paradise] We shall mate them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye.

وَٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّیَّتُهُم بِإِیمَـٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّیَّتَهُمۡ وَمَاۤ أَلَتۡنَـٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَیۡءࣲۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِىِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِینࣱ (۲۱)

And as for those who have attained to faith and whose offspring will have followed them in faith, We shall unite them with their offspring; and We shall not let aught of their deeds go to waste: [but] every human being will be held in pledge for whatever he has earned.

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةࣲ وَلَحۡمࣲ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ (۲۲)

And We shall bestow on them fruit and meat in abundance - whatever they may desire:

یَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِیهَا كَأۡسࣰا لَّا لَغۡوࣱ فِیهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمࣱ (۲۳)

and in that [paradise] they shall pass on to one another a cup which will not give rise to empty talk, and neither incite to sin.

۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ (۲۴)

And they will be waited upon by [immortal] youths, [as if they were children] of their own, [as pure] as if they were pearls hidden in their shells.

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ (۲۵)

And they [who are thus blest] will turn to one another, asking each other [about their past lives].

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِیۤ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِینَ (۲۶)

They will say: “Behold, aforetime - when we were [still living] in the midst of our kith and kin - we were full of fear [at the thought of God’s dis­pleasure]:

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَیۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ (۲۷)

and so God has graced us with His favour, and has warded off from us all suffering through the scorching winds [of frustration].

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِیمُ (۲۸)

Verily, we did invoke Him [alone] ere this: [and now He has shown us] that He alone is truly benign, a true dispenser of grace!”

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنࣲ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ (۲۹)

EXHORT, then, [O Prophet, all men:] for, by thy Sustainer’s grace, thou art neither a soothsayer nor a madman.

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ شَاعِرࣱ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَیۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ (۳۰)

Or do they say, “[He is but] a poet - let us wait what time will do unto him”?

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّی مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِینَ (۳۱)

Say thou: “Wait, [then,] hopefully; behold, I, too, shall hopefully wait with you!”

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَاۤۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ (۳۲)

Is it their minds that bid them [to take] this [attitude] - or are they [simply] people filled with overweening arrogance?

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا یُؤۡمِنُونَ (۳۳)

Or do they say, “He himself has composed this [message]”? Nay, but they are not willing to believe!

فَلۡیَأۡتُوا۟ بِحَدِیثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦۤ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِینَ (۳۴)

But then, [if they deem it the work of a mere mortal,] let them produce another discourse like it - if what they say be true!

أَمۡ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنۡ غَیۡرِ شَیۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ (۳۵)

[Or do they deny the existence of God?] Have they themselves been created without anything [that might have caused their creation]? or were they, perchance, their own creators?

أَمۡ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا یُوقِنُونَ (۳۶)

[And] have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no certainty of anything!

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَاۤىِٕنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۣیۡطِرُونَ (۳۷)

[How could they?] Are thy Sustainer’s treasures with them? Or are they in charge [of destiny]?

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ یَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِیهِۖ فَلۡیَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینٍ (۳۸)

Or have they a ladder by which they could [ascend to ultimate truths and] listen [to what is beyond the reach of human perception]? Let, then, any of them who have listened [to it] produce a manifest proof [of his knowledge]!

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ (۳۹)

Or, [if you believe in God, how can you believe that] He has [chosen to have] daughters, whereas you yourselves would have [only] sons?

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ (۴۰)

Or is it that [they who reject thy message, O Muhammad, fear lest] thou ask of them a reward, so that they would be burdened with debt [if they should listen to thee]?

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبُ فَهُمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ (۴۱)

Or [do they think] that the hidden reality [of all that exists] is almost within their grasp, so that [in time] they can write it down?

أَمۡ یُرِیدُونَ كَیۡدࣰاۖ فَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِیدُونَ (۴۲)

Or do they want to entrap [thee in contradic­tions]? But they who are bent on denying the truth - it is they who are truly entrapped!

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَـٰهٌ غَیۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا یُشۡرِكُونَ (۴۳)

Have they, then, any deity other than God? Utterly remote is God, in His limitless glory, from anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ كِسۡفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ سَاقِطࣰا یَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ (۴۴)

AND YET, if they [who refuse to see the truth] were to see part of the sky falling down, they would [only] say, “[It is but] a mass of clouds!”

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی فِیهِ یُصۡعَقُونَ (۴۵)

Hence, leave them alone until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs, when they will be stricken with terror:

یَوۡمَ لَا یُغۡنِی عَنۡهُمۡ كَیۡدُهُمۡ شَیۡـࣰٔا وَلَا هُمۡ یُنصَرُونَ (۴۶)

the Day when none of their scheming will be of the least avail to them, and they will receive no succour.

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابࣰا دُونَ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ (۴۷)

But, verily, for those who are bent on doing evil, there is suffering in store [even] closer at hand than that [supreme suffering in the hereafter]: but most of them are not aware of it.

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡیُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِینَ تَقُومُ (۴۸)

And so, await in patience thy Sustainer’s judgment, for thou art well within Our sight. And extol thy Sustainer’s limitless glory and praise whenever thou risest up,

وَمِنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ (۴۹)

and extol His glory at night, and at the time when the stars retreat.