Surah At-Tur (The Mount) سُورَة الطور

By the Mount (of Revelation); ⁽¹⁾

By a Decree inscribed ⁽²⁾

In a Scroll unfolded; ⁽³⁾

By the much-frequented Fane; ⁽⁴⁾

By the Canopy Raised High; ⁽⁵⁾

And by the Ocean filled with Swell;- ⁽⁶⁾

Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass;- ⁽⁷⁾

There is none can avert it;- ⁽⁸⁾

On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion. ⁽⁹⁾

And the mountains will fly hither and thither. ⁽¹⁰⁾

Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;- ⁽¹¹⁾

That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles. ⁽¹²⁾

That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly. ⁽¹³⁾

"This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire,- which ye were wont to deny! ⁽¹⁴⁾

"Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see? ⁽¹⁵⁾

"Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with patience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds." ⁽¹⁶⁾

As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,- ⁽¹⁷⁾

Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire. ⁽¹⁸⁾

(To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds." ⁽¹⁹⁾

They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes. ⁽²⁰⁾

And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds. ⁽²¹⁾

And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire. ⁽²²⁾

They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of frivolity, free of all taint of ill. ⁽²³⁾

Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as Pearls well-guarded. ⁽²⁴⁾

They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry. ⁽²⁵⁾

They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people. ⁽²⁶⁾

"But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind. ⁽²⁷⁾

"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful!" ⁽²⁸⁾

Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed. ⁽²⁹⁾

Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!" ⁽³⁰⁾

Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!" ⁽³¹⁾

Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds? ⁽³²⁾

Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith! ⁽³³⁾

Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak the truth! ⁽³⁴⁾

Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators? ⁽³⁵⁾

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief. ⁽³⁶⁾

Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)? ⁽³⁷⁾

Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof. ⁽³⁸⁾

Or has He only daughters and ye have sons? ⁽³⁹⁾

Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?- ⁽⁴⁰⁾

Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down? ⁽⁴¹⁾

Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot! ⁽⁴²⁾

Or have they a god other than Allah? Exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him! ⁽⁴³⁾

Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!" ⁽⁴⁴⁾

So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror),- ⁽⁴⁵⁾

The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them. ⁽⁴⁶⁾

And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment besides this: But most of them understand not. ⁽⁴⁷⁾

Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth, ⁽⁴⁸⁾

And for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat of the stars! ⁽⁴⁹⁾