At-Tur (52) — Qur'an in English

Surah At-Tur (52) of the Holy Qur'an, in the respected public domain Pickthall translation. It opens: “By the Mount” — the complete text of all 49 verses is below, free to read online, no account needed.

1By the Mount

2And a Scripture inscribed

3On fine parchment unrolled

4And the House frequented

5And the roof exalted

6And the sea kept filled

7Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass

8There is none that can ward it off

9On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving

10And the mountains move away with (awful) movement

11Then woe that day unto the deniers

12Who play in talk of grave matters

13The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell

14(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny

15Is this magic, or do ye not see

16Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do

17Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight

18Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire

19(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do

20Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes

21And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned

22And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire

23There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin

24And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls

25And some of them draw near unto others, questioning

26Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious

27But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire

28Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful

29Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman

30Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time

31Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant

32Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk

33Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe

34Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful

35Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators

36Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing

37Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)

38Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest

39Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons

40Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt

41Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down

42Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared

43Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)

44And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds

45Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken

46A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped

47And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not

48So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest

49And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars

49 verses · Pickthall translation (public domain)

52. At-Tur

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