Surah At-Tur English Translation & Transliteration

¹By the sacred mountain in Sinai,

²(2-3) by the Book/the Quran, the Divine Revelation, written line by line on fine parchment,

³(2-3) by the Book/the Quran, the Divine Revelation, written line by line on fine parchment,

⁴by the Much-Frequented House/the Kaaba,

⁵by the raised roof, the sky,

⁶and by the surging, swelling sea!

⁷Your Lord's punishment will surely come to pass.

⁸And there is no power that can avert it.

⁹On that day the sky will be shaken as never before,

¹⁰and the mountains will be set in motion and move away as never before.

¹¹Woe on that day to those who cling to lies!

¹²Those who keep floundering in the swamp into which they have fallen.

¹³On that day they will be pushed and shoved into the fire of Hell.

¹⁴This is the Fire you flatly dismissed as a lie!

¹⁵Is this, then, sorcery too? Or can you not see this either?

¹⁶Go on, then, enter it! Whether you endure it patiently or not, the outcome is the same for you, for you are only suffering the penalty for what you did.

¹⁷But the God-conscious (muttaqin), who guard themselves against defying Allah, will be in gardens and in blessings beyond description.

¹⁸They will live amid the blessings their Lord has bestowed on them. For their Lord will protect them from the punishment of the blazing Hell.

¹⁹They will be told: "Eat and drink of these blessings with relish, as a reward for what you did!"

²⁰They will recline on thrones arranged in rows. And We will pair them with those of high worth.

²¹We will unite in Paradise those who believe with their descendants who followed them on that path of faith. In doing so We will not take anything away from the deeds of their forefathers, for everyone's outcome depends on what he himself has earned.

²²In Paradise We will give them in abundance the fruits and meats their souls desire.

²³There they will be offered drink in brimming cups, but nothing they drink will make them talk nonsense or fall into sin.

²⁴Young servants, gleaming like pearls set in mother-of-pearl, will hover devotedly around them to serve them.

²⁵Conversing face to face, they will ask one another:

²⁶—When we were with our families, we used to tremble with anxiety about what our end would be.

²⁷—Allah has been gracious to us and protected us from the scorching punishment.

²⁸—Indeed, even before, we used to implore Allah alone in prayer. Truly, Allah has proved to be boundless in goodness and an infinite source of mercy.

²⁹So keep on giving admonition, for you are one who has received your Lord's blessing and favor; therefore you are neither a soothsayer nor an unbalanced person inspired by jinn.

³⁰Or do they say of you, "He is a poet; let us wait and see when fate will deal him its blow," do they?

³¹Say: —Go on, wait, then; I too am waiting for what will befall you.

³²Or is it their own muddled minds that prompt them to this? Or are they an insolent people?

³³Or do they say that he is making up the Quran himself and speaking it in Allah's name? No, in fact they are unwilling to believe.

³⁴If they are sincere in their claim, let them bring a discourse like the Quran, and we will see.

³⁵Or were they created without any creator, or are they themselves the creators?

³⁶Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No, they have not grasped Allah's boundless power.

³⁷Or are the treasuries of your Lord's mercy in their hands, and is that why they think all power lies with them?

³⁸Or do they have ladders by which they climb up to the sky and listen to the revelation? If so, let them produce something of what they have heard, with clear and convincing proof, and we will see.

³⁹Daughters for Allah, and sons for them, is it?

⁴⁰Or are you asking them for some payment in return for this message, so that they are crushed under a heavy debt?

⁴¹Or do they possess knowledge derived from revelation, and is it on that basis that they lay down the law?

⁴²Or are they laying traps for you? Let them know well that it is those disbelievers who cover up the truth who will fall into the trap.

⁴³Or do they have a god other than Allah? Allah is exalted above, and free from, the things they associate with Him as partners.

⁴⁴If they were to see a piece of the sky falling upon them, they would say: "These are clouds piled one upon another."

⁴⁵So leave them to themselves until they meet the day on which they will lose their senses in terror.

⁴⁶On that day their traps will be of no use to them, and they will receive no help from anywhere.

⁴⁷There is no doubt that for these wrongdoers there is another, nearer punishment besides this, but none of them knows it.

⁴⁸Bear with patience the hardships of the duty your Lord has placed upon you! Have no doubt that you are under Our protection. As you begin each new day, proclaim the glory of your Lord with praise and exalt Him!

⁴⁹And in part of the night, and at the time when the stars fade, glorify Him and exalt His glory!