Surah At-tur - English Translation by Abdul Hye

وَٱلطُّورِ

By the (mount) Tur (where Moses received Torah)
Surah At-tur, Verse 1

وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ

and by the book inscribed
Surah At-tur, Verse 2

فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ

in parchment (written sheep skin) unrolled
Surah At-tur, Verse 3

وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ

and by the house (Bait-ul-Mamoor, the house over the heavens parallel to the Ka’bah at Makkah, visited by the angels)
Surah At-tur, Verse 4

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ

and by the roof raised high (sky)
Surah At-tur, Verse 5

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ

and by the sea boiling blaze
Surah At-tur, Verse 6

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ

surely, the punishment of your Lord will surely come to pass
Surah At-tur, Verse 7

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ

There is none that can avert it
Surah At-tur, Verse 8

يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا

On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking
Surah At-tur, Verse 9

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا

and the mountains will move away with a horrible movement
Surah At-tur, Verse 10

فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

On that Day, woe be to the rejecters (of truth)
Surah At-tur, Verse 11

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ

who are engaged in falsehood
Surah At-tur, Verse 12

يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

That Day they will be pushed down by force to the fire of hell with a forceful pushing
Surah At-tur, Verse 13

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

(it will be said to them): “This is the fire which you used to deny
Surah At-tur, Verse 14

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

Is this a magic, or do you not see
Surah At-tur, Verse 15

ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

You burn in its heat; it will be the same for you whether you be patient or not be patient. You are only being requited for what you used to do.”
Surah At-tur, Verse 16

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ

Surely, the pious will be in gardens (Paradise), and delight
Surah At-tur, Verse 17

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the blazing fire
Surah At-tur, Verse 18

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

(It will be said to them): “Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do (good deeds).”
Surah At-tur, Verse 19

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ

They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to lovely maidens with wide lovely eyes
Surah At-tur, Verse 20

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞ

Those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will join their offspring to them, and We will not decrease any reward for their deeds. Every person has a pledge for that which it has earned
Surah At-tur, Verse 21

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ

And We shall provide them with fruit and meat as they desire
Surah At-tur, Verse 22

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞ

They shall pass from hand to hand a wine cup in it which shall cause no dirty, false talk in it (between them), and no sin will go around
Surah At-tur, Verse 23

۞وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ

and boy-servants will go round for them to serve them as if they were preserved pearls
Surah At-tur, Verse 24

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And some of them will come near to others, questioning (worldly life)
Surah At-tur, Verse 25

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ

and they will say: “Surely, we were previously afraid with our families (from the punishment of Allah)
Surah At-tur, Verse 26

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

But Allah has been Gracious to us, and has saved us from the punishment of the fire
Surah At-tur, Verse 27

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Surely, we used to invoke Him before. Surely, He is the Kind, the Merciful.”
Surah At-tur, Verse 28

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ

Therefore, remind and preach (mankind, O Muhammad). By the Grace of Allah, you are neither a fortune-teller, nor a madman
Surah At-tur, Verse 29

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ

Or do they say: “(Muhammad is) a poet! We are waiting for him some calamity (by time)!”
Surah At-tur, Verse 30

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

Say (O Muhammad to them): “Wait! I am with you among the waiters!”
Surah At-tur, Verse 31

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ

Or do their minds command them this (to tell a lie against you)? Or are they people exceeding all bounds (from belief to disbelief)
Surah At-tur, Verse 32

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Or do they say: “He (Muhammad) has forged it (this Qur’an)?” Nay! They don’t believe
Surah At-tur, Verse 33

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Then let them produce a Scripture like it (the Qur’an) if they are truthful
Surah At-tur, Verse 34

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ

Or were they created by no one? Or were they (themselves) the creators
Surah At-tur, Verse 35

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Or have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm belief
Surah At-tur, Verse 36

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ

Or are the treasures of your Lord with them? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like
Surah At-tur, Verse 37

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ

Or do they have a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some clear proof
Surah At-tur, Verse 38

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ

Or has He only daughters and you have sons
Surah At-tur, Verse 39

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

Or is it that you (O Muhammad) ask a wage from them (for your preaching) so that they are burdened from a load of debt
Surah At-tur, Verse 40

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

Or is the (knowledge of) unseen with them and they write it down
Surah At-tur, Verse 41

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ

Or do they intend a plot (against you)? If so, those who disbelieve are themselves (trapped) in a plot
Surah At-tur, Verse 42

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ

Or do they have one worthy of worship other than Allah? Glorified is Allah from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him)
Surah At-tur, Verse 43

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ

Even if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: “Clouds gathered in heaps!”
Surah At-tur, Verse 44

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ

So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror)
Surah At-tur, Verse 45

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ

The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing nor will be helped
Surah At-tur, Verse 46

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

Surely, for those who do wrong, there is punishment (in this world and in graves) before this, but most of them don’t know
Surah At-tur, Verse 47

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for the decision of your Lord, for surely He is watching you. Glorify the praises of your Lord when you get up from sleep
Surah At-tur, Verse 48