بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلطُّورِ ﴿1﴾
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness the Mount Sinai,
Ahmed Raza Khan
By oath of (mount) Tur.
Arberry
By the Mount
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وَكِتَٰبٍۢ مَّسْطُورٍۢ ﴿2﴾
Ahmed Ali
And the Scripture inscribed
Ahmed Raza Khan
And by oath of a passage, written –
Arberry
and a Book inscribed
فِى رَقٍّۢ مَّنشُورٍۢ ﴿3﴾
Ahmed Ali
On a parchment scroll unrolled,
Ahmed Raza Khan
On an open record.
Arberry
in a parchment unrolled,
وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ ﴿4﴾
Ahmed Ali
The house ever-peopled,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And by oath of the Inhabited House.
Arberry
by the House inhabited
وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ ﴿5﴾
Ahmed Ali
The roof raised high,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And the lofty roof.
Arberry
and the roof uplifted
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ ﴿6﴾
Ahmed Ali
And the swollen sea,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And the sea set aflame.
Arberry
and the sea swarming,
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ ﴿7﴾
Ahmed Ali
The punishment of your Lord is certain to come.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Indeed your Lord’s punishment will surely take place.
Arberry
surely thy Lord's chastisement is about to fall;
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍۢ ﴿8﴾
Ahmed Ali
There is none who could avert it.
Ahmed Raza Khan
No one can avert it.
Arberry
there is none to avert it.
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًۭا ﴿9﴾
Ahmed Ali
The day the sky will tremble,
Ahmed Raza Khan
A day on which the heavens will shake with a visible shaking.
Arberry
Upon the day when heaven spins dizzily
وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًۭا ﴿10﴾
Ahmed Ali
The mountains move and fly away,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And the mountains will move with a visible movement.
Arberry
and the mountains are in motion,
فَوَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿11﴾
Ahmed Ali
Will be the day of woe for those
Ahmed Raza Khan
So on that day, ruin is for those who deny.
Arberry
woe that day unto those that cry lies,
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍۢ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿12﴾
Ahmed Ali
Who, ignoring the Reality, engage in pleasantries.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Those who are playing in pursuits.
Arberry
such as play at plunging,
يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ﴿13﴾
Ahmed Ali
The day they are dragged and pushed into Hell,
Ahmed Raza Khan
A day when they will be pushed, forcibly shoved towards the fire of hell.
Arberry
the day when they shall be pitched into the fire of Gehenna:
هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿14﴾
Ahmed Ali
(And told:) "This is the fire which you denied.
Ahmed Raza Khan
“This is the fire, which you used to deny!”
Arberry
'This is the fire that you cried lies to!
أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿15﴾
Ahmed Ali
Is it magic, or you cannot see?
Ahmed Raza Khan
“So is this magic, or are you unable to see?”
Arberry
What, is this magic, or is it you that do not see?
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿16﴾
Ahmed Ali
Roast in it. Bear it with patience or impatience, it will be the same for you. You will be requited for what you had done."
Ahmed Raza Khan
“Enter it – now whether you patiently bear it or are impatient – it is the same for you; for you is a recompense only for what you used to do.”
Arberry
Roast in it! And bear you patiently, or bear not patiently, equal it is to you; you are only being recompensed for that you were working.'
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَعِيمٍۢ ﴿17﴾
Ahmed Ali
Those who fear God and follow the straight path will surely be in gardens and in bliss,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Indeed the pious are in Gardens and peace.
Arberry
Surely the godfearing shall be in gardens and bliss,
فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿18﴾
Ahmed Ali
Rejoicing at what their Lord has given them; and their Lord will preserve them from the torment of Hell.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Delighted at the bestowal of their Lord; and their Lord has saved them from the fire.
Arberry
rejoicing in that their Lord has given them; and their Lord shall guard them against the chastisement of Hell.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿19﴾
Ahmed Ali
"Eat and drink with relish," (they will be told), (as recompense) for what you had done."
Ahmed Raza Khan
“Eat and drink with pleasure, a reward for what you used to do.”
Arberry
'Eat and drink, with wholesome appetite, for that you were working.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ ﴿20﴾
Ahmed Ali
They would recline on couches set in rows, paired with fair companions (clean of thought and) bright of eye.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Reclining on thrones, in rows; and We have wedded them to maidens with gorgeous eyes.
Arberry
Reclining upon couches ranged in rows; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌۭ ﴿21﴾
Ahmed Ali
And those who believed, and whose progeny also followed them in their faith, will be united with their offspring. We will not deprive them of their labour in the least. Every man is bound to what he does.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And those who accepted faith, and whose descendants followed them with faith – We have joined their descendants with them, and have not reduced anything for them from their deeds; every soul is trapped in its own deeds.
Arberry
And those who believed, and their seed followed them in belief, We shall join their seed with them, and We shall not defraud them of aught of their work; every man shall be pledged for what he earned.
وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ وَلَحْمٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿22﴾
Ahmed Ali
We shall give them fruits and meats, and what they desire.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And We aided them with fruit and meat, whatever they desire.
Arberry
And We shall succour them with fruits and flesh such as they desire
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًۭا لَّا لَغْوٌۭ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌۭ ﴿23﴾
Ahmed Ali
They will exchange cups of wine free of (incitement to) pleasantry or sin.
Ahmed Raza Khan
In it, they accept cups from each other, in which is neither any lewdness nor any sin.
Arberry
while they pass therein a cup one to another wherein is no idle talk, no cause of sin,
۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌۭ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ ﴿24﴾
Ahmed Ali
And young attendants like pearls within their shells, will go round.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And their boy servants shall go around them, as if they were pearls, safely hidden.
Arberry
and there go round them youths, their own, as if they were hidden pearls.
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿25﴾
Ahmed Ali
They will ask each other questions,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And one of them turned towards the other, questioning.
Arberry
They advance one upon another, asking each other questions.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ﴿26﴾
Ahmed Ali
Saying: "We were also once full of fear at home.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Saying, “Indeed before this, we were in our houses, worried.”
Arberry
They say, 'We were before among our people, ever going in fear,
فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿27﴾
Ahmed Ali
But God has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of scorching wind.
Ahmed Raza Khan
“So Allah did us a great favour, and saved us from the punishment of the flame.”
Arberry
and God was gracious to us, and guarded us against the chastisement of the burning wind;
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿28﴾
Ahmed Ali
We used to pray to Him erstwhile; He is the just and merciful.
Ahmed Raza Khan
“Indeed we used to worship Him in our previous life; indeed He only is the Benign, the Most Merciful.”
Arberry
we were before ever calling upon Him; surely He is the All-benign, the All-compassionate.'
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍۢ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ﴿29﴾
Ahmed Ali
Remind them, therefore, that by the grace of your Lord you are neither a soothsayer nor possessed.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Therefore (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), enlighten, for by the munificence of your Lord, you are neither a soothsayer nor a madman.
Arberry
Therefore remind! by thy Lord's blessing thou art not a soothsayer neither possessed.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌۭ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ﴿30﴾
Ahmed Ali
Do they say: "He is a poet for whom we expect an adverse turn of fortune?"
Ahmed Raza Khan
Or they allege, “He is a poet – we await a calamity of the times to befall him.”
Arberry
Or do they say, 'He is a poet for whom we await Fate's uncertainty'?
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ﴿31﴾
Ahmed Ali
Tell them: "Keep on expecting, I am expecting with you."
Ahmed Raza Khan
Proclaim, “Go on waiting – I too am waiting along with you.”
Arberry
Say: 'Await! I shall be awaiting with you.'
أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ ﴿32﴾
Ahmed Ali
Does their reasoning prompt them to this, or they are a people rebellious?
Ahmed Raza Khan
Is this what their senses tell them, or are they a rebellious people?
Arberry
Or do their intellects bid them do this? Or are they an insolent people?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿33﴾
Ahmed Ali
Or do they say: "He has fabricated it?" In fact, they will never believe.
Ahmed Raza Khan
What! They say, “He has invented the Qur'an”? Rather they do not have faith.
Arberry
Or do they say, 'He has invented it?' Nay, but they do not believe.
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿34﴾
Ahmed Ali
So let them bring a discourse like it, if they are truthful
Ahmed Raza Khan
So let them bring a single discourse like it, if they are truthful.
Arberry
Then let them bring a discourse like it, if they speak truly.
أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ ﴿35﴾
Ahmed Ali
Or were they created of themselves? Or are they the creators?
Ahmed Raza Khan
Have they not been created from some source, or are they themselves the creators?
Arberry
Or were they created out of nothing? Or are they the creators?
أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ﴿36﴾
Ahmed Ali
Or have they created the heavens and the earth? In fact they are certain of nothing.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather they are not certain.
Arberry
Or did they create the heavens and earth? Nay, but they have not sure faith.
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ ﴿37﴾
Ahmed Ali
Do they possess the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the treasurers?
Ahmed Raza Khan
Or do they have the treasures of your Lord, or are they the authority?
Arberry
Or are thy Lord's treasuries in their keeping? Or are they the registrars?
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌۭ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ﴿38﴾
Ahmed Ali
Or do they have a ladder (climbing which) they can hear (the secrets of heaven)? Let one who has heard then bring a clear proof.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Or do they have any stairs, climbing upon which they eavesdrop? So their eavesdropper should bring some clear proof!
Arberry
Or have they a ladder whereon they listen? Then let any of them that has listened bring a clear authority.
أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ﴿39﴾
Ahmed Ali
Has (God) daughters and they sons?
Ahmed Raza Khan
What! The daughters for Him, and the sons for you?
Arberry
Or has He daughters, and they sons?
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿40﴾
Ahmed Ali
Or do you demand any wages from them so that they are burdened with expense?
Ahmed Raza Khan
Or do you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) ask any fee from them, so they are burdened with the penalty?
Arberry
Or askest thou them for a wage, and so they are weighed down with debt?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿41﴾
Ahmed Ali
Or do they have knowledge of the Unknown which they write down?
Ahmed Raza Khan
Or is the hidden with them, by which they pass judgements?
Arberry
Or is the Unseen in their keeping, and so they are writing it down?
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ ﴿42﴾
Ahmed Ali
Or do they want to stage a deception? -- Then only those who do not believe will be the ones who will be tricked.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Or are they planning a conspiracy? So the conspiracy will befall only upon the disbelievers.
Arberry
Or desire they to outwit? The unbelievers, they are the outwitted.
أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿43﴾
Ahmed Ali
Or do they have a god apart from God? He is too exalted for what they associate with Him!
Ahmed Raza Khan
Or do they have a God besides Allah? Purity is to Allah from their ascribing of partners to Him.
Arberry
Or have they a god, other than God? Glory be to God, above that which they associate!
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًۭا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌۭ مَّرْكُومٌۭ ﴿44﴾
Ahmed Ali
If they should see a segment falling from the sky, they would say: "It is only a massive cloud."
Ahmed Raza Khan
And were they to see a portion of the sky falling, they will say, “It is a heap of clouds.”
Arberry
Even if they saw lumps falling from heaven, they would say, 'A massed cloud!'
فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ ﴿45﴾
Ahmed Ali
So, leave them until they face their day (of doom) when they will be stunned.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Therefore leave them, until they confront their day, in which they will be stunned.
Arberry
Then leave them, till they encounter their day wherein they shall be thunderstruck,
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿46﴾
Ahmed Ali
Their deception will not avail them in the least on that day, nor will they be helped.
Ahmed Raza Khan
A day on which their scheming will not benefit them at all, nor will they be helped.
Arberry
the day when their guile shall avail them naught, and they shall not be helped.
وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿47﴾
Ahmed Ali
Surely there are other torments besides this for those who are wicked, though most of them do not know.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And indeed for the unjust is another punishment before this, but most of them do not know. (Punishment in the grave is proven by this verse.)
Arberry
And there surely awaits the evildoers a chastisement beyond even that, but most of them know it not.
وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿48﴾
Ahmed Ali
Await the judgement of your Lord, for you are always before Our eyes, and glorify your Lord with praises when you rise,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And be patient upon your Lord’s command, (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), for you are indeed in Our sight; and proclaim the Purity of your Lord while praising Him, whenever you stand.
Arberry
And be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord; surely thou art before Our eyes. And proclaim the praise of thy Lord when thou arisest,
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿49﴾
Ahmed Ali
And glorify Him in the night and when the stars begin to wane.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And proclaim His Purity during the night, and when the stars turn back.
Arberry
and proclaim the praise of thy Lord in the night, and at the declining of the stars.