Surah Al Tur

وَٱلطُّورِ

By the Mount (of Revelation);

وَكِتَـٰبٍ۬ مَّسۡطُورٍ۬ 

By a Decree Inscribed

فِى رَقٍّ۬ مَّنشُورٍ۬

In a Scroll unfolded;

وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ

By the much-frequented Fane;

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ 

By the Canopy Raised High;

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ 

And by the Ocean filled with Swell --

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٲقِعٌ۬ 

Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass --

مَّا لَهُ ۥ مِن دَافِعٍ۬

There is none can avert it --

يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرً۬ا 

On the day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرً۬ا 

And the mountain will fly hither and thither.

فَوَيۡلٌ۬ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ۬ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ 

Then woe that Day to those that treat (truth) as Falsehood --

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِى خَوۡضٍ۬ يَلۡعَبُونَ 

That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.

يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا 

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

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِہَا تُكَذِّبُونَ 

"This," it will be said, "is the Fire -- which ye were wont to deny!

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ 

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

ٱصۡلَوۡهَافَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ‌ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ 

"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."

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ۬ وَنَعِيمٍ۬ 

As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness

فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَٮٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَٮٰهُمۡ رَبُّہُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ 

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

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ 

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ۬ مَّصۡفُوفَةٍ۬‌ۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ۬ 

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.

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡہُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُہُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِہِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَہُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَـٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىۡءٍ۬‌ۚ

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:

كُلُّ ٱمۡرِىِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ۬ 

(Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds.

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ۬ وَلَحۡمٍ۬ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَہُونَ

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

يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيہَا كَأۡسً۬ا لَّا لَغۡوٌ۬ فِيہَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٌ۬

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

وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡہِمۡ غِلۡمَانٌ۬ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّہُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٌ۬ مَّكۡنُونٌ۬ 

Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, youths (handsome) as Pearls well-guarded.

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُہُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ۬ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ 

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

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا ڪُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِىٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ

They will say: "Aforetime, We were not without fear for the sake of our people.

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَٮٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ 

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

إِنَّا ڪُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُ‌ۖ إِنَّهُ ۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ 

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

فَذَڪِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ۬ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ

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.

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ۬ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ 

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

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ 

Say thou: "Await ye! I too will wait along with you!"

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَـٰمُهُم بِہَـٰذَآ‌ۚ

Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this,

أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ۬ طَاغُونَ 

or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ ۥ‌ۚ

Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"?

بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ 

Nay, they have no faith!

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٍ۬ مِّثۡلِهِۦۤ إِن كَانُواْ صَـٰدِقِينَ 

Let them then produce a recital like unto it -- if (it be) they speak the Truth!

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَىۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ 

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

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ‌ۚ

Or did they create the heavens and the earth?

بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ 

Nay, they have no firm belief.

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآٮِٕنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۣيۡطِرُونَ 

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

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٌ۬ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ‌ۖ

Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)?

فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنٍ۬ مُّبِينٍ 

Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ 

Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرً۬ا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٍ۬ مُّثۡقَلُونَ 

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

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ 

Or that the Unseen is in their hands, and they write it down?

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدً۬ا‌ۖ

Or do they intend a plot (against thee)?

فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ 

But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ

Or have they a god other then Allah?

سُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ 

exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him!

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفً۬ا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطً۬ا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٌ۬ مَّرۡكُومٌ۬ 

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

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ 

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

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِى عَنۡہُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔ۬ا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ 

The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be Given them.

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابً۬ا دُونَ ذَٲلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ 

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

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَا‌ۖ

Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in our eyes:

وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ 

and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth.

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ 

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

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