1

وَاَلطُّورِ

(Allah swears) by the mountain, Toor

2

وَكِتَٰبࣲ مَّسۡطُورࣲ‏

And by the book inscribed

3

فِي رَقࣲّ مَّنشُورࣲ‏

On fine parchment __ an open book, (the Qur´an), distributed (and found) all over

4

وَاَلۡبَيۡتِ اِ۬لۡمَعۡمُورِ

And (He swears) by the oft-visited house (of worship, the Kaaba in Makkah)

5

وَاَلسَّقۡفِ اِ۬لۡمَرۡفُوعِ

And the high (elevated) ceiling, (the sky)

6

وَاَلۡبَحۡرِ اِ۬لۡمَسۡجُورِ

And the surging sea

7

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعࣱ‏

(He swears that) the punishment of your Lord shall definitely come to pass

8

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ‏

Which absolutely no one can avert

9

يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ اُ۬لسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرࣰ ا

The sky, that day, would rock and reel fiercely

10

وَتَسِيرُ اُ۬لۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرࣰ ا

Set in motion, the mountains will slide about briskly

11

فَوَيۡلࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

There is misery that day for (all) those who denied (the revelation)

12

اَ۬لَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضࣲ يَلۡعَبُونَ

Those who stayed engrossed in (fruitless) pastimes

13

يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ ن۪ارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

Pushed (and shoved) towards the hellfire (with disdain), they would be thrust into it with force

14

هَٰذِهِ اِ۬لنَّارُ اُ۬لَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

This is the fire you had refused to believe

15

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

(Now)! Is this magic, or don´t you see (clearly)

16

اَ۪صۡلَوۡهَا فَاَصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

Burn in it! Bear it patiently, or be impatient. It is all the same for you, now! You are only being treated (strictly) in accordance with your deeds

17

إِنَّ اَ۬لۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتࣲ وَنَعِيمࣲ‏

And of course, those who feared (Allah) would be in paradise amidst blessings

18

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ اَ۬لۡجَحِيمِ

Enjoying (with a relish) whatever their Lord will grant them. And their Lord will spare them the torment of the hellfire

19

كُلُواْ وَاَشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

Eat and drink, and enjoy (your reward for) what you used to do

20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينࣲ‏

They shall recline on thrones arranged in rows (as per their ranks). We will wed them with the lovely-eyed (heavenly) nymphs (of paradise)

21

وَاَلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَأَتۡبَعۡنَٰهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّٰتِهِم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءࣲۚ كُلُّ اُ۪مۡرِيِٕۢ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينࣱ‏

(As a favor) for those who believe, We will make their offspring _ those who followed them in faith _ join them (in paradise). Not a bit shall be reduced from the reward of their deeds. Each person is held in a pledge _ (a guarantee) _ against the deeds he (or she) earns. (Good deeds alone meet the obligation)

22

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةࣲ وَلَحۡمࣲ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ

And We shall continue to provide them such fruits and meats (in abundance), just as they please

23

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسࣰ ا لَّا لَغۡوَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمَ

Avidly, they shall take from each other cups of (exotic) wine (served) in paradise. It shall not cause a foolish flustered prattle, nor will it carry an offense

24

وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ‏

Dainty graceful lads would make the rounds, and wait on them. (Groomed and well-kempt) as if they were well preserved pearls

25

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

They would turn towards each other, and ask

26

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ

They would say, "Earlier, living with our families, we passed our time being anxious and afraid

27

فَمَنَّ اَ۬للَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ اَ۬لسَّمُومِ

And Allah bestowed His favors upon us, and spared us the torment of the hot scorching wind

28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ اَ۬لۡبَرُّ اُ۬لرَّحِيمُ

Indeed, (in our previous life), we used to invoke (and pray to) Him (exclusively). He is surely the Kind and the Merciful

29

۞فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنࣲ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ

So, (oh prophet), continue to admonish (them). By the grace of your Lord, you are not a (crystal gazing) soothsayer; and you are not a mad man

30

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرࣱ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ اَ۬لۡمَنُونِ

And they say, "(He is) a poet! Let us wait. An adverse turn of fortune may just do him in

31

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ اَ۬لۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

Say, "Keep watching! I, too, shall watch with you

32

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرۡهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ

Is it (really) their intellect that instructs them (to say) this? Or are they a nation guilty of excess

33

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Or do they say that he, (Muhammad, SAW), has composed the Qur´an himself? The fact is, they just don´t (want to) believe

34

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

If they are right, let them come up with a similar kind of composition

35

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ اُ۬لۡخَٰلِقُونَ

Did they come into being out of nothing, and without the Creator? Or were they (their own) creators

36

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ اُ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَاَلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Is it they, who brought the heavens and the earth into being? The fact is they lack faith

37

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ اُ۬لۡمُصَيۡطِرُونَ

Is it they, who possess the treasures of your Lord? Do they have a license to use those treasures with impunity

38

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينٍ

Do they have a ladder, (or a device), with which they eavesdrop and listen (to matters beyond human perception)? If so, let those who eavesdrop present a definite proof

39

أَمۡ لَهُ اُ۬لۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ اُ۬لۡبَنُونَ

Does He really have daughters, while you have sons

40

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰ ا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

(Oh prophet), are you asking them for a fee, so they feel burdened by that liability

41

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ اُ۬لۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

Or, do they have (an access to) the unseen, and are they writing it down

42

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدࣰ اۖ فَاَلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ اُ۬لۡمَكِيدُونَ

Or perhaps they intend to play a trick (to escape the consequences of their deeds). But those who disbelieve are going to be outwitted

43

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ اُ۬للَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ اَ۬للَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ

Or do they have patrons (and deities) other than Allah? Exalted is Allah, far above those they associate with Him as partners

44

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفࣰ ا مِّنَ اَ۬لسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطࣰ ا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ‏

(Even) if they saw a part of the sky falling down, they would (merely) say, "(It is only) a heap of clouds

45

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ اُ۬لَّذِي فِيهِ يَصۡعَقُونَ

So leave them till they meet their day _ the day when they shall be struck the lightning bolts

46

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـࣰٔ ا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ

That day, their tricks (and schemes) will not protect them a bit; nor would they receive any help

47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابࣰ ا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

Indeed, prior to this _ (the hellfire) _ there are (also) other kinds of torments for the evildoers (in this world, and in their graves). But, most of them do not know

48

وَاَصۡبِر لِّحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

So wait patiently for your Lord´s decree. For, of course you are always under Our watchful eye! And sing the praises of your Lord when you wake up (in the morning)

49

وَمِنَ اَ۬لَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ اَ۬لنُّجُومِ

And chant His praises in the night, too. And again when the stars (begin to) set