الطور
At-Tur, The Mount
Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussaryHafs 'an 'Asim - Murattal
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Surah introduction: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)
تفسير سورة والطور
وهي مكية
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
English Translation - Noor International Center. Version: 1.1.2. Last updated: 2025-06-24. QuranEnc.com
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وَٱلطُّورِ
(1) By the mount
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وَكِتَـٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ
(2) And [by] a Book inscribed[1550]
Footnotes
[1550]- Interpreted as the Preserved Slate or possibly the Qur’ān.
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فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ
(3) In parchment spread open
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وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ
(4) And [by] the frequented House[1551]
Footnotes
[1551]- The house of worship for the angels in the seventh heaven, comparable to the Kaʿbah on earth.
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وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ
(5) And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high
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وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
(6) And [by] the sea set on fire,[1552]
Footnotes
[1552]- On the Day of Resurrection. Or "the sea which has overflowed."
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إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
(7) Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
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مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ
(8) Of it there is no preventer.
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يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا
(9) On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
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وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا
(10) And the mountains will pass on, departing[1553] -
Footnotes
[1553]- Becoming dust and moving as clouds.
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فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
(11) Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ
(12) Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
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يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا
(13) The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
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هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
(14) "This is the Fire which you used to deny.
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أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
(15) Then is this magic, or do you not see?
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ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(16) [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."
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ
(17) Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
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فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
(18) Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
(19) [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
(20) They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
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وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
(21) And 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.[1554] Every person, for what he earned, is retained.[1555]
Footnotes
[1554]- i.e., the reward thereof. [1555]- i.e., subject or held responsible. Literally, "a hostage."
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وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
(22) And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
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يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ
(23) They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
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۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
(24) There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.
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وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(25) And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
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قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ
(26) They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allāh].
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فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
(27) So Allāh conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.
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إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
(28) Indeed, we used to supplicate[1556] Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
Footnotes
[1556]- i.e., worship.
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فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ
(29) So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ
(30) Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?[1557]
Footnotes
[1557]- i.e., some accident or inevitable death.
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قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
(31) Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
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أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
(32) Or do their minds[1558] command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
Footnotes
[1558]- In this expression is also a subtle allusion to the leaders of the Quraysh, who considered themselves to be great minds.
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
(33) Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
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فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
(34) Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
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أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ
(35) Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
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أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ
(36) Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
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أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ
(37) Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
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أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
(38) Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].
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أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
(39) Or has He daughters while you have sons?
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
(40) Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
(41) Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
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أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ
(42) Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
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أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
(43) Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.
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وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ
(44) And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling,[1559] they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
Footnotes
[1559]- Marking the onset of Allāh's punishment, as they had requested.
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فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ
(45) So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
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يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
(46) The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
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وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
(47) And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment[1560] before that, but most of them do not know.
Footnotes
[1560]- If not in this world, in the grave.
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وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
(48) And be patient, [O Muḥammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes [i.e., sight]. And exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord when you arise
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وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ
(49) And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.
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Surah conclusion: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)
تم تفسير سورة الطور. والحمد لله.