وَالطُّورِ

CONSIDER Mount Sinai! (1)

وَكِتَابٍ مَسْطُورٍ

Consider [God's] revelation, inscribed (2)

فِي رَقٍّ مَنْشُورٍ

on wide-open scrolls. (3)

وَالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ

Consider the long-enduring house [of worship]! (4)

وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ

Consider the vault [of heaven] raised high! (5)

وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُورِ

Consider the surf-swollen sea! (6)

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِعٌ

VERILY, [O man,] the suffering decreed by thy Sustainer [for the sinners] will indeed come to pass: (7)

مَا لَهُ مِنْ دَافِعٍ

there is none who could avert it. (8)

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاءُ مَوْرًا

[It will come to pass] on the Day when the skies will be convulsed in [a great] convulsion, (9)

وَتَسِيرُ الْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

and the mountains will move with [an awesome] movement. (10)

فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Woe, then, on that Day to all who give the lie to the truth – (11)

الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

all those who [throughout their lives] but idly played with things vain – (12)

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

on the Day when they shall be thrust into the fire with [an irresistible] thrust, [and will be told:] (13)

هَٰذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

"This is the fire which you were wont to call a lie! (14)

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَا أَمْ أَنْتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Was it, then, a delusion – or is it that you failed to see [its truth]? (15)

اصْلَوْهَا فَاصْبِرُوا أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

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." (16)

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

[But,] verily, the God-conscious will find themselves [on that Day] in gardens and in bliss, (17)

فَاكِهِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ

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. (18)

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

[And they will be told:] "Eat and drink with good cheer as an outcome of what you were wont to do, (19)

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُمْ بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

reclining on couches [of happiness] ranged in rows!" And [in that paradise] We shall mate them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye. (20)

وَأَمْدَدْنَاهُمْ بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

And We shall bestow on them fruit and meat in abundance – whatever they may desire: (22)

يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ

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. (23)

وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَكْنُونٌ

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. (24)

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

And they [who are thus blest] will turn to one another, asking each other [about their past lives]. (25)

قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

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]: (26)

فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَانَا عَذَابَ السَّمُومِ

and so God has graced us with His favour, and has warded off from us all suffering through the scorching winds [of frustration]. (27)

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِنْ قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ

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!" (28)