English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 52 الطور
49 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَالطُّورِ Verse 1
By the Mount,
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وَكِتَابٍ مَّسْطُورٍ Verse 2
And a Scripture inscribed
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فِي رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ Verse 3
On fine parchment unrolled,
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وَالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ Verse 4
And the House frequented,
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وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ Verse 5
And the roof exalted,
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وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُورِ Verse 6
And the sea kept filled,
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِعٌ Verse 7
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
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مَّا لَهُ مِن دَافِعٍ Verse 8
There is none that can ward it off.
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يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاءُ مَوْرًا Verse 9
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
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وَتَسِيرُ الْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا Verse 10
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
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فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ Verse 11
Then woe that day unto the deniers
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الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ Verse 12
Who play in talk of grave matters;
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يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا Verse 13
The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of Hell.
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هَـٰذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ Verse 14
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
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أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَا أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ Verse 15
Is this magic, or do ye not see?
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اصْلَوْهَا فَاصْبِرُوا أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ Verse 16
Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.
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إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ Verse 17
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
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فَاكِهِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ Verse 18
Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire.
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كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ Verse 19
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
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مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ Verse 20
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
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وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَا أَلَتْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ Verse 21
And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned.
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وَأَمْدَدْنَاهُم بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ Verse 22
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
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يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ Verse 23
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
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وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ Verse 24
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
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وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ Verse 25
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
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قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ Verse 26
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
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فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَانَا عَذَابَ السَّمُومِ Verse 27
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
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إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ Verse 28
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
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فَذَكِّرْ فَمَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ Verse 29
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ رَيْبَ الْمَنُونِ Verse 30
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time?
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قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ الْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ Verse 31
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.
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أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَامُهُم بِهَـٰذَا ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ Verse 32
Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk?
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ Verse 33
Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe!
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فَلْيَأْتُوا بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ Verse 34
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
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أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ Verse 35
Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?
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أَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ Verse 36
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
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أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ الْمُصَيْطِرُونَ Verse 37
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)?
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أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ Verse 38
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
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أَمْ لَهُ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَكُمُ الْبَنُونَ Verse 39
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?
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أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ Verse 40
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt?
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ Verse 41
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down?
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أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هُمُ الْمَكِيدُونَ Verse 42
Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
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أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ Verse 43
Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
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وَإِن يَرَوْا كِسْفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ Verse 44
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
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فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ Verse 45
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken,
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يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ Verse 46
A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.
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وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ Verse 47
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
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وَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ Verse 48
So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest,
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وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَارَ النُّجُومِ Verse 49
And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.
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