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وَالطُّورِ

By the Mount;

Wa Aţ-Ţūri

وَكِتَاب ٍ مَسطُور ٍ

And by the Book Inscribed.

Wa Kitabin Masţūrin

فِي رَقّ ٍ مَنْشُور ٍ

In parchment unrolled.

Fi Raqqin Manshūrin

وَالبَيتِ المَعمُورِ

And by the Bait-ul-Ma'mur (the house over the heavens parable to the Ka'bah at Makkah, continuously visited by the angels);

Wa Al-Bayti Al-Ma`mūri

وَالسَّقْفِ المَرفُوعِ

And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).

Wa As-Saqfi Al-Marfū`i

وَالبَحرِ المَسجُورِ

And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).

Wa Al-Baĥri Al-Masjūri

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِع ٌ

Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass,

'Inna `Adhaba Rabbika Lawaqi`un

مَا لَه ُُ مِندَافِع ٍ

There is none that can avert it;

Ma Lahu Min Dafi`in

يَومَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاءُ مَورا ً

On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,

Yawma Tamūru As-Sama'u Mawraan

وَتَسِيرُ الجِبَالُ سَيرا ً

And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.

Wa Tasiru Al-Jibalu Sayraan

فَوَيل ٌ يَومَئِذ ٍ لِلمُكَذِّبِينَ

Then woe that Day to the beliers;

Fawaylun Yawma'idhin Lilmukadhdhibina

الَّذِينَ هُم فِي خَوض ٍ يَلعَبُونَ

Who are playing in falsehood.

Al-Ladhina Hum Fi Khawđin Yal`abūna

يَومَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعّا ً

The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing.

Yawma Yuda``ūna 'Ilá Nari Jahannama Da``aan

هَذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِي كُنتُمبِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

This is the Fire which you used to belie.

Hadhihi An-Naru Allati Kuntum Biha Tukadhdhibūna

أَفَسِحرٌ هَذَا أَم أَنْتُم لاَ تُبْصِرُونَ

Is this magic, or do you not see?

'Afasiĥrun Hadha 'Am 'Antum La Tubşirūna

اصلَوهَا فَاصبِرُوا أَو لاَ تَصبِرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيكُم إِنَّمَا تُجْزَونَ مَا كُنتُم تَعمَلُونَ

Taste you therein its heat, and whether you are patient of it or impatient of it, it is all the same. You are only being requited for what you used to do.

Aşlawha Faşbirū 'Aw La Taşbirū Sawa'un `Alaykum 'Innama Tujzawna Ma Kuntum Ta`malūna

إِنَّ المُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّات ٍ وَنَعِيم ٍ

Verily, the Muttaqun (pious - see V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.

'Inna Al-Muttaqina Fi Jannatin Wa Na`imin

فَاكِهِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُم رَبُّهُم وَوَقَاهُم رَبُّهُم عَذَابَ الجَحِيمِ

Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them, and (the fact that) their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire.

Fakihina Bima 'Ātahum Rabbuhum Wa Waqahum Rabbuhum `Adhaba Al-Jaĥimi

كُلُوا وَاشرَبُوا هَنِيئا ً بِمَا كُنتُم تَعمَلُونَ

"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."

Kulū Wa Ashrabū Hani'aan Bima Kuntum Ta`malūna

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى سُرُر ٍ مَصفُوفَة ٍ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمبِحُورٍ عِين ٍ

They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Houris (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes.

Muttaki'ina `Alá Sururin Maşfūfatin Wa Zawwajnahum Biĥūrin `Īnin

وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتهُم ذُرِّيَّتُهُمبِإِيمَانٍ أَلحَقْنَا بِهِم ذُرِّيَّتَهُم وَمَا أَلَتنَاهُممِن عَمَلِهِممِنشَيء ٍ كُلُّ امرِئ ٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِين ٌ

And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in Faith, to them shall We join their offspring, and We shall not decrease the reward of their deeds in anything. Every person is a pledge for that which he has earned.

Wa Al-Ladhina 'Āmanū Wa Attaba`at/hum Dhurriyatuhum Bi'imanin 'Alĥaqna Bihim Dhurriyatahum Wa Ma 'Alatnahum Min `Amalihim Min Shay'in Kullu Amri'in Bima Kasaba Rahinun

وَأَمدَدْنَاهُمبِفَاكِهَة ٍ وَلَحم ٍ مِمَّا يَشتَهُونَ

And We shall provide them with fruit and meat, such as they desire.

Wa 'Amdadnahum Bifakihatin Wa Laĥmin Mimma Yashtahūna

يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسا ً لاَ لَغو ٌ فِيهَا وَلاَ تَأْثِيم ٌ

There they shall pass from hand to hand a (wine) cup, free from any Laghw (dirty, false, evil vague talk between them), and free from sin (because it will be legal for them to drink).

Yatanaza`ūna Fiha Ka'saan La Laghwun Fiha Wa La Ta'thimun

وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيهِم غِلمَان ٌ لَهُم كَأَنَّهُم لُؤلُؤ ٌ مَكنُون ٌ

And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.

Wa Yaţūfu `Alayhim Ghilmanun Lahum Ka'annahum Lu'ulu'uun Maknūnun

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعضُهُم عَلَى بَعض ٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

And some of them draw near to others, questioning.

Wa 'Aqbala Ba`đuhum `Alá Ba`đin Yatasa'alūna

قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهلِنَا مُشفِقِينَ

Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid with our families (from the punishment of Allah).

Qalū 'Inna Kunna Qablu Fi 'Ahlina Mushfiqina

فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَينَا وَوَقَانَا عَذَابَ السَّمُومِ

"But Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.

Famanna Allahu `Alayna Wa Waqana `Adhaba As-Samūmi

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِنقَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ~ُ إِنَّه ُُ هُوَ البَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ

"Verily, We used to invoke Him (Alone and none else) before. Verily, He is Al­Barr (the Most Subtle, Kind, Courteous, and Generous), the Most Merciful."

'Inna Kunna Min Qablu Nad`ūhu 'Innahu Huwa Al-Barru Ar-Raĥimu

فَذَكِّر فَمَا أَنْتَ بِنِعمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِن ٍ وَلاَ مَجْنُون ٍ

Therefore, remind and preach (mankind, O Muhammad SAW of Islamic Monotheism). By the Grace of Allah, you are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.

Fadhakkir Fama 'Anta Bini`mati Rabbika Bikahinin Wa La Majnūnin

أَم يَقُولُونَ شَاعِر ٌ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِه ِِ رَيبَ المَنُونِ

Or do they say: "(Muhammad SAW is) a poet! We await for him some calamity by time.!"

'Am Yaqūlūna Sha`irun Natarabbaşu Bihi Rayba Al-Manūni

قُل تَرَبَّصُوا فَإِنِّي مَعَكُممِنَ المُتَرَبِّصِينَ

Say (O Muhammad SAW to them): "Wait! I am with you, among the waiters!"

Qul Tarabbaşū Fa'inni Ma`akum Mina Al-Mutarabbişina

أَم تَأْمُرُهُم أَحلاَمُهُمبِهَذَا أَم هُم قَوم ٌ طَاغُونَ

Do their minds command them this [i.e. to tell a lie against you (Muhammad SAW)] or are they people exceeding the bounds (i.e. from Belief in Allah to disbelief).

'Am Ta'muruhum 'Aĥlamuhum Bihadha 'Am Hum Qawmun Ţaghūna

أَم يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَه ُُ بَل لاَ يُؤمِنُونَ

Or do they say: "He (Muhammad SAW) has forged it (this Qur'an)?" Nay! They believe not!

'Am Yaqūlūna Taqawwalahu Bal La Yu'uminūna

فَليَأْتُوا بِحَدِيث ٍ مِثلِهِ~ِ إِنكَانُوا صَادِقِينَ

Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful.

Falya'tū Biĥadithin Mithlihi 'In Kanū Şadiqina

أَم خُلِقُوا مِن غَيرِ شَيءٍ أَم هُمُ الخَالِقُونَ

Were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

'Am Khuliqū Min Ghayri Shay'in 'Am Humu Al-Khaliqūna

أَم خَلَقُوا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرضَ بَل لاَ يُوقِنُونَ

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.

'Am Khalaqū As-Samawati Wa Al-'Arđa Bal La Yūqinūna

أَم عِنْدَهُم خَزَائِنُ رَبِّكَ أَم هُمُ المُسَيطِرُونَ

Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?

'Am `Indahum Khaza'inu Rabbika 'Am Humu Al-Musayţirūna

أَم لَهُم سُلَّم ٌ يَستَمِعُونَ فِيه ِِ فَليَأْتِ مُستَمِعُهُمبِسُلطَان ٍ مُبِين ٍ

Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.

'Am Lahum Sullamun Yastami`ūna Fihi Falya'ti Mustami`uhum Bisulţanin Mubinin

أَم لَهُ البَنَاتُ وَلَكُمُ البَنُونَ

Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?

'Am Lahu Al-Banatu Wa Lakumu Al-Banūna

أَم تَسأَلُهُم أَجْرا ً فَهُممِنمَغرَم ٍ مُثقَلُونَ

Or is it that you (O Muhammad SAW) ask a wage from them (for your preaching of Islamic Monotheism) so that they are burdened with a load of debt?

'Am Tas'aluhum 'Ajraan Fahum Min Maghramin Muthqalūna

أَم عِنْدَهُمُ الغَيبُ فَهُم يَكتُبُونَ

Or that the Ghaib (unseen) is with them, and they write it down?

'Am `Indahumu Al-Ghaybu Fahum Yaktubūna

أَم يُرِيدُونَ كَيدا ً فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هُمُ المَكِيدُونَ

Or do they intend a plot (against you O Muhammad SAW)? But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism) are themselves in a plot!

'Am Yuridūna Kaydaan Fa-Al-Ladhina Kafarū Humu Al-Makidūna

أَم لَهُم إِلَه ٌٌ غَيرُ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشرِكُونَ

Or have they an ilah (a god) other than Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him)

'Am Lahum 'Ilahun Ghayru Allahi Subĥana Allahi `Amma Yushrikūna

وَإِنيَرَوا كِسفا ً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاقِطا ً يَقُولُوا سَحَاب ٌ مَركُوم ٌ

And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"

Wa 'In Yaraw Kisfaan Mina As-Sama'i Saqiţaan Yaqūlū Saĥabun Markūmun

فَذَرهُم حَتَّى يُلاَقُوا يَومَهُمُ الَّذِي فِيه ِِ يُصعَقُونَ

So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror).

Fadharhum Ĥattá Yulaqū Yawmahumu Al-Ladhi Fihi Yuş`aqūna

يَومَ لاَ يُغنِي عَنهُم كَيدُهُم شَيئا ً وَلاَ هُم يُنصَرُونَ

The Day when their plotting shall not avail them at all nor will they be helped (i.e. they will receive their torment in Hell).

Yawma La Yughni `Anhum Kayduhum Shay'aan Wa La Hum Yunşarūna

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا عَذَابا ً دُونَ ذَلِكَ وَلَكِنَّ أَكثَرَهُم لاَ يَعلَمُونَ

And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment (i.e. the torment in this world and in their graves) before this, but most of them know not. [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. 27, Page 36].

Wa 'Inna Lilladhina Žalamū `Adhabaan Dūna Dhalika Wa Lakinna 'Aktharahum La Ya`lamūna

وَاصبِر لِحُكمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعيُنِنَا وَسَبِّح بِحَمدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

So wait patiently (O Muhammad SAW) for the Decision of your Lord, for verily, you are under Our Eyes, and glorify the Praises of your Lord when you get up from sleep.

Wa Aşbir Liĥukmi Rabbika Fa'innaka Bi'a`yunina Wa Sabbiĥ Biĥamdi Rabbika Ĥina Taqūmu

وَمِنَ اللَّيلِ فَسَبِّحهُ وَإِدْبَارَ النُّجُومِ

And in the night-time, also glorify His Praises, and at the setting of the stars.

Wa Mina Al-Layli Fasabbiĥhu Wa 'Idbara An-Nujūmi