At-Tur

Wat-Toor

CONSIDER Mount Sinai!

Wa kitaabim mastoor

Consider [God’s] revelation, inscribed

Fee raqqim manshoor

on wide-open scrolls.

Wal baitil ma'moor

Consider the long-enduring house [of worship]!

Wassaqfil marfoo'

Consider the vault [of heaven] raised high!

Wal bahril masjoor

Consider the surf-swollen sea!

Inna 'azaaba Rabbika lawaaqi'

VERILY, [O man,] the suffering decreed by thy Sustainer [for the sinners] will indeed come to pass:

Maa lahoo min daafi'

there is none who could avert it.

Yawma tamoorus samaaa'u mawraa

[It will come to pass] on the Day when the skies will be convulsed in [a great] convulsion,

Wa taseerul jibaalu sairaa

and the mountains will move with [an awesome] movement.

Fawailuny yawma 'izil lil mukaazzibeen

Woe, then, on that Day to all who give the lie to the truth –

Allazeena hum fee khawdiny yal'aboon

all those who [throughout their lives] but idly played with things vain –

Yawma yuda'-'oona ilaa naari jahannama da'-'aa

on the Day when they shall be thrust into the fire with [an irresistible] thrust, [and will be told:]

Haazihin naarul latee kuntum bihaa tukazziboon

“This is the fire which you were wont to call a lie!

Afasihrun haazaaaa am antum laa tubsiroon

Was it, then, a delusion or is it that you failed to see [its truth]?

Islawhaa fasbirooo aw laa tasbiroo sawaaa'un 'alaikum innamaa tujzawna maa kuntum ta'maloon

Endure it [now]! But [whether you] bear yourselves with patience or without patience, it will be the same to you: you are but being requited for what you were wont to do.”

Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa na'eem

[But,] verily, the God-conscious will find themselves [on that Day] in gardens and in bliss,

Faakiheena bimaaa aataahum rabbuhum wa waqaahum rabbuhum 'azaabal jaheem

rejoicing in all that their Sustainer will have granted them: for their Sustainer will have warded off from them all suffering through the blazing fire.

Kuloo washraboo haneee 'am bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

[And they will be told:] “Eat and drink with good cheer as an outcome of what you were wont to do,

Muttaki'eena 'alaa sururim masfoofatinw wa zawwaj naahum bihoorin 'een

reclining on couches [of happiness] ranged in rows!” And [in that paradise] We shall mate them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye.

Wallazeena aamanoo wattaba'at hum zurriyyatuhum bieemaanin alhaqnaa bihim zurriyyatahum wa maaa alatnaahum min 'amalihim min shai'; kullum ri'im bimaa kasaba raheen

And as for those who have attained to faith and whose offspring will have followed them in faith, We shall unite them with their offspring; and We shall not let aught of their deeds go to waste: [but] every human being will be held in pledge for whatever he has earned.

Wa amdadnaahum bifaa kihatinw wa lahmim mimmaa yashtahoon

And We shall bestow on them fruit and meat in abundance - whatever they may desire:

Yatanaaza'oona feehaa kaasal laa laghwun feehaa wa laa taaseem

and in that [paradise] they shall pass on to one another a cup which will not give rise to empty talk, and neither incite to sin.

Wa yatoofu 'alaihim ghilmaanul lahum ka annahum lu'lu'um maknoon

And they will be waited upon by [immortal] youths, [as if they were children] of their own, [as pure] as if they were pearls hidden in their shells.

Wa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatasaaa'aloon

And they [who are thus blest] will turn to one another, asking each other [about their past lives].

Qaalooo innaa kunnaa qablu feee ahlinaa mushfiqeen

They will say: “Behold, aforetime - when we were [still living] in the midst of our kith and kin - we were full of fear [at the thought of God’s dis­pleasure]:

Famannnal laahu 'alainaa wa waqaanaa 'azaabas samoom

and so God has graced us with His favour, and has warded off from us all suffering through the scorching winds [of frustration].

Innaa kunnaa min qablu nad'oohu innahoo huwal barrur raheem

Verily, we did invoke Him [alone] ere this: [and now He has shown us] that He alone is truly benign, a true dispenser of grace!”

Fazakkir famaaa anta bini'mati rabbika bikaahininw wa laa majnoon

EXHORT, then, [O Prophet, all men:] for, by thy Sustainer’s grace, thou art neither a soothsayer nor a madman.

Am yaqooloona shaa'irun natarabbasu bihee raibal manoon

Or do they say, “[He is but] a poet - let us wait what time will do unto him”?

Qul tarabbasoo fa innee ma'akum minal mutarabbiseen

Say thou: “Wait, [then,] hopefully; behold, I, too, shall hopefully wait with you!”

Am taamuruhum ahlaamuhum bihaazaaa am hum qawmun taaghoon

Is it their minds that bid them [to take] this [attitude] - or are they [simply] people filled with overweening arrogance?

Am yaqooloona taqawwalah; bal laa yu'minoon

Or do they say, “He himself has composed this [message]”? Nay, but they are not willing to believe!

Falyaatoo bihadeesim misliheee in kaanoo saadiqeen

But then, [if they deem it the work of a mere mortal,] let them produce another discourse like it - if what they say be true!

Am khuliqoo min ghairi shai'in am humul khaaliqoon

[Or do they deny the existence of God?] Have they themselves been created without anything [that might have caused their creation]? or were they, perchance, their own creators?

Am khalaqus samaawaati wal ard; bal laa yooqinoon

[And] have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no certainty of anything!

Am'indahum khazaaa'inu rabbika am humul musaitiroon

[How could they?] Are thy Sustainer’s treasures with them? Or are they in charge [of destiny]?

Am lahum sullamuny yastami'oona feehi falyaati mustami'uhum bisultaanim mubeen

Or have they a ladder by which they could [ascend to ultimate truths and] listen [to what is beyond the reach of human perception]? Let, then, any of them who have listened [to it] produce a manifest proof [of his knowledge]!

Am lahul banaatu wa lakumul banoon

Or, [if you believe in God, how can you believe that] He has [chosen to have] daughters, whereas you yourselves would have [only] sons?

Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon

Or is it that [they who reject thy message, O Muhammad, fear lest] thou ask of them a reward, so that they would be burdened with debt [if they should listen to thee]?

Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon

Or [do they think] that the hidden reality [of all that exists] is almost within their grasp, so that [in time] they can write it down?

Am yureedoona kaidan fallazeena kafaroo humul makeedoon

Or do they want to entrap [thee in contradic­tions]? But they who are bent on denying the truth - it is they who are truly entrapped!

Am lahum ilaahun ghairul laa; subhaanal laahi 'ammaa yushrikoon

Have they, then, any deity other than God? Utterly remote is God, in His limitless glory, from anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

Wa iny yaraw kisfam minas samaaa'i saaqitany yaqooloo sahaabum markoom

AND YET, if they [who refuse to see the truth] were to see part of the sky falling down, they would [only] say, “[It is but] a mass of clouds!”

Fazarhum hatta yulaaqoo yawmahumul lazee feehi yus'aqoon

Hence, leave them alone until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs, when they will be stricken with terror:

Yawma laa yughnee 'anhum kaidumhum shai'anw wa laa hum yunsaroon

the Day when none of their scheming will be of the least avail to them, and they will receive no succour.

Wa inna lillazeena zalamoo 'azaaban doona zalika wa laakinna aksarahum laa ya'lamoon

But, verily, for those who are bent on doing evil, there is suffering in store [even] closer at hand than that [supreme suffering in the hereafter]: but most of them are not aware of it.

Wasbir lihukmi rabbika fa innaka bi-a'yuninaa wa sabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoom

And so, await in patience thy Sustainer’s judgment, for thou art well within Our sight. And extol thy Sustainer’s limitless glory and praise whenever thou risest up,

Wa minal laili fasabbihhu wa idbaaran nujoom

and extol His glory at night, and at the time when the stars retreat.