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Surah 52

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The Mount

49 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy
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Ayah 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلطُّورِ

English Translation

CONSIDER Mount Sinai!

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Ayah 2

وَكِتَٰبٍۢ مَّسْطُورٍۢ

English Translation

Consider [God’s] revelation, inscribed

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Ayah 3

فِى رَقٍّۢ مَّنشُورٍۢ

English Translation

on wide-open scrolls.

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Ayah 4

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ

English Translation

Consider the long-enduring house [of worship]!

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Ayah 5

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

English Translation

Consider the vault [of heaven] raised high!

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Ayah 6

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ

English Translation

Consider the surf-swollen sea!

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Ayah 7

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 8

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍۢ

English Translation

there is none who could avert it.

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Ayah 9

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًۭا

English Translation

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

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Ayah 10

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًۭا

English Translation

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

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Ayah 11

فَوَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍۢ يَلْعَبُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 13

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

English Translation

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

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Ayah 14

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 15

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 16

ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

English Translation

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.”

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Ayah 17

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَعِيمٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 18

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

English Translation

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.

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Ayah 19

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 21

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌۭ

English Translation

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.

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Ayah 22

وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ وَلَحْمٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 23

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًۭا لَّا لَغْوٌۭ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌۭ

English Translation

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.

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Ayah 24

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌۭ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ

English Translation

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.

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Ayah 25

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 26

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

English Translation

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]:

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Ayah 27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

English Translation

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!”

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Ayah 29

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍۢ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 30

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌۭ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 31

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 32

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 33

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 34

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ

English Translation

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!

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Ayah 35

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

English Translation

[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?

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Ayah 36

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 37

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌۭ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ

English Translation

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]!

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Ayah 39

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 40

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ

English Translation

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]?

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Ayah 41

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

English Translation

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?

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Ayah 42

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

English Translation

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!

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Ayah 43

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

English Translation

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!

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Ayah 44

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًۭا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌۭ مَّرْكُومٌۭ

English Translation

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!”

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Ayah 45

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 46

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

English Translation

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

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Ayah 47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

English Translation

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.

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Ayah 48

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

English Translation

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,

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Ayah 49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

English Translation

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

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