الطور
At-Tur
About this surah
Name
It is derived from the very first cord "Wat Tur-i."
Period of Revelation
From the internal evidence of the subject matter it appears that this Surah too was revealed in the same stage of the Holy Prophet's life at Makkah in which the Surah Adh-Dhariyat was revealed. While going through it one can clearly feel that during the period of its revelation the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was being showered with objections and accusations but there is no evidence yet to show that severe persecution of the Muslims had started.
Subject Matter and Topics
The subject matter of its first section (vv. 1-28) is the Hereafter. As arguments for its possibility, necessity and occurrence had already been given in Surah Adh-Dhariyat, these have not been repeated here. However, swearing an oath by some realities and signs which testify to the Hereafter, it has been stated most emphatically that it will surely come to pass, and none has the power to prevent its occurrence. Then, it has been stated as to what will be the fate of those who deny it when it actually occurs, and how will those who believe in it and adopt the way of piety and righteousness accordingly, be blessed by Allah.
Then, in the second section (vv. 29-49) the Quraish chiefs' attitude towards the message of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah he upon him) has been criticized. They called him a sorcerer, a madman, or a poet, and would thus mislead the common people against him so that they should not pay any serious attention to the message he preached. They looked upon him as a calamity that had suddenly descended on them and would openly wish that he met with a disaster so that they were rid of him. They accused him of fabricating the Qur'an by himself and of presenting it in the name of Allah, and this was, God forbid, a fraud that he was practicing. They would often taunt him, saying that God could not have appointed an ordinary man like him to the office of Prophethood. They expressed great disgust at his invitation and message and would avoid him as if he was asking them for a reward for it. They would sit and take counsels together to devise schemes in order to put an end to his mission. And while they did all this they never realized what creeds of ignorance they were involved in and how selflessly and sincerely was Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) exerting himself to deliver them from their error. While criticizing them for this attitude and conduct, Allah has put them certain questions, one after the other, each of which is either an answer to some objection of theirs, or a criticism of some error. Then, it has been said that it would absolutely be of no avail to show them a miracle in order to convince them of his Prophethood, for they were such stubborn people as would misinterpret anything they were shown only to avoid affirming the faith.
In the beginning of this section as well as in its end, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has been given the instruction that he should persistently continue giving his invitation and preaching his message in spite of the accusations and objections of his opponents and enemies, and should endure their resistance patiently till Allah's judgment comes to pass. Besides, he has been consoled, as if to say "Your Lord has not left you alone to face your enemies, after raising you as a Prophet, but He is constantly watching over you. Therefore, endure every hardship patiently till the Hour of His judgment comes, and seek through praising and glorifying your Lord the power that is required for exerting in the cause of Allah under such conditions.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 52:1وَٱلطُّورِBy the mount
- 52:2وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖAnd [by] a Book inscribed
- 52:3فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖIn parchment spread open
- 52:4وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِAnd [by] the frequented House
- 52:5وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِAnd [by] the heaven raised high
- 52:6وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِAnd [by] the sea filled [with fire],
- 52:7إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞIndeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
- 52:8مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖOf it there is no preventer.
- 52:9يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗاOn the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
- 52:10وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗاAnd the mountains will pass on, departing -
- 52:11فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَThen woe, that Day, to the deniers,
- 52:12ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَWho are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
- 52:13يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّاThe Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
- 52:14هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ"This is the Fire which you used to deny.
- 52:15أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَThen is this magic, or do you not see?
- 52:16ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."
- 52:17إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖIndeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
- 52:18فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِEnjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
- 52:19كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
- 52:20مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖThey will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
- 52:21وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞAnd those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained.
- 52:22وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَAnd We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
- 52:23يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞThey will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
- 52:24۞وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞThere will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.
- 52:25وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَAnd they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
- 52:26قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَThey will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].
- 52:27فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِSo Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.
- 52:28إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُIndeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
- 52:29فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍSo remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
- 52:30أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِOr do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"
- 52:31قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَSay, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
- 52:32أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَOr do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
- 52:33أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَOr do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
- 52:34فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَThen let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
- 52:35أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَOr were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
- 52:36أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَOr did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
- 52:37أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَOr have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
- 52:38أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍOr have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
- 52:39أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَOr has He daughters while you have sons?
- 52:40أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَOr do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
- 52:41أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَOr have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
- 52:42أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَOr do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
- 52:43أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَOr have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
- 52:44وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞAnd if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
- 52:45فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَSo leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
- 52:46يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَThe Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
- 52:47وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَAnd indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
- 52:48وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُAnd be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes. And exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord when you arise.
- 52:49وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِAnd in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.