Tafsir of Surah At-Tur (52) — The Mount · الطور

Meccan surah, 49 ayat. Read the whole surah

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At-Tur 52:1

وَٱلطُّورِ

By the mount

Tafsir 52:1

Allah swore by the mountain on which He spoke to Moses (peace be upon him).

At-Tur 52:2

وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ

And [by] a Book inscribed

Tafsir 52:2

And he swore by the Qur’ān which is a written book

At-Tur 52:3

فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ

In parchment spread open

Tafsir 52:3

On a spread-open paper.

At-Tur 52:4

وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ

And [by] the frequented House

Tafsir 52:4

And He swore by the House in the heavens which the angels in the heavens inhabit by worshipping Allah.

At-Tur 52:5

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ

And [by] the heaven raised high

Tafsir 52:5

And He swore by the sky.

At-Tur 52:6

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ

And [by] the sea filled [with fire]

Tafsir 52:6

And He swore by the sea filled with water.

At-Tur 52:7

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ

Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur

Tafsir 52:7

O Messenger, the punishment of your Lord will definitely occur on the disbelievers.

At-Tur 52:8

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ

Of it there is no preventer

Tafsir 52:8

There is nobody to repel it from them and save them from it befalling them.

At-Tur 52:9

يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا

On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

Tafsir 52:9

The day in which the heavens (or sky) will move violently, in full accordance with the arrival of the Hour.

At-Tur 52:10

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا

And the mountains will pass on, departing

Tafsir 52:10

And the mountains will travel from their places.

At-Tur 52:11

فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

Then woe, that Day, to the deniers

Tafsir 52:11

So destruction and loss on that day will be for those who deny the punishment Allah promised the disbelievers.

At-Tur 52:12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ

Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves

Tafsir 52:12

Those who are in their discourse in falsehood, playing. They do not care about resurrection or being raised.

At-Tur 52:13

يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say]

Tafsir 52:13

The day they will be pushed with force and harshness towards the fire of hell.

At-Tur 52:14

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

This is the Fire which you used to deny

Tafsir 52:14

And it will be said to them in rebuke, “This is the fire you used to deny when your messengers used to warn you of it.

At-Tur 52:15

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

Then is this magic, or do you not see

Tafsir 52:15

Is this punishment which you see magic, or are you not seeing it?

At-Tur 52:16

ٱصۡلَوۡهَا 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

Tafsir 52:16

Taste the heat of this fire and suffer it. Be patient over suffering its heat or not; your patience or impatience is all the same. You will not be rewarded today except with the disbelief and sins you used to commit in the world”.

At-Tur 52:17

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ

Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure

Tafsir 52:17

Those who are mindful of their Lord by carrying out His commands and refraining from His prohibitions will be in gardens and a great pleasure which will never end.

At-Tur 52:18

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ

Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

Tafsir 52:18

They will be enjoying the pleasures of food, drink and marriage that Allah will have given them, and their Lord (may He be glorified), protected them from the punishment of hell. Hence, they were successful through achieving their desired pleasures and by being protected from difficulties.

At-Tur 52:19

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do

Tafsir 52:19

It will be said to them: “Eat and drink of what your souls desire, in satisfaction without fearing harm or pain from what you eat and drink, as a reward for your excellent actions in the world”.

At-Tur 52:20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ

They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes

Tafsir 52:20

Reclining on adorned thrones which have been lined up, and I will marry them to fair women with beautiful wide eyes.

At-Tur 52:21

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞ

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. Every person, for what he earned, is retained

Tafsir 52:21

And those who brought faith and whose children followed them in faith - I will join their children with them so that they are pleased with them, even though they did not reach their actions. And I will not decrease anything from the reward of their actions. Every person will be held for the bad actions he earned; nobody else will bear any of his actions.

At-Tur 52:22

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ

And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire

Tafsir 52:22

And I will provide these people of Paradise with different fruits and I will provide them with all the meat they desire.

At-Tur 52:23

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞ

They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin

Tafsir 52:23

They will give to one another cups of wine, bearing no resemeblness to the wine of this world, free from intoxication and that which arises from it, such as false speech.

At-Tur 52:24

۞وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ

There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected

Tafsir 52:24

And servants will circle amongst them, as though they are protected pearls.

At-Tur 52:25

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other

Tafsir 52:25

The people of Paradise will turn to one another, asking each other about their condition in the world.

At-Tur 52:26

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ

They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah]

Tafsir 52:26

They will respond to them: “We were, in the world amongst our families, fearful of Allah’s punishment.

At-Tur 52:27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire

Tafsir 52:27

So Allah favoured us by guiding us to Islam, and He protected us from the punishment which is extremely hot.

At-Tur 52:28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful

Tafsir 52:28

We used to worship Him in our worldly life and we used to pray to Him to protect us from the fire of hell. He is Beneficent to His servants and Merciful to them. Part of His beneficence and mercy upon us is that He guided us to faith, entered us into Paradise and distanced us from the fire.”

At-Tur 52:29

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ

So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman

Tafsir 52:29

So remind through the Qur’ān, O Messenger, for you are not, by the faith and intelligence Allah has favoured you with, a soothsayer with visions of jinns nor are you insane.

At-Tur 52:30

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time

Tafsir 52:30

Do these idolaters say: “Muhammad is not a messenger, but he is a poet whom we await death to seize so we can be relieved of him”?

At-Tur 52:31

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters

Tafsir 52:31

O Messenger, say to them: “Await my death, and I will await the punishment which will befall you due to denying me”.

At-Tur 52:32

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ

Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people

Tafsir 52:32

Or do their minds tell them to say: “He is a soothsayer and insane?” So they combine what cannot gather in one person, but rather they are a people who trespass the bounds, hence they do not return to any sacred law or intellect.

At-Tur 52:33

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe

Tafsir 52:33

Or do they say: “Muhammad fabricated this Qur’ān and nothing has been revealed to him?” He has not fabricated it, but rather they are too arrogant to have faith in it, so they say: “He has fabricated it”.

At-Tur 52:34

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful

Tafsir 52:34

So let them produce a narrative like it, even if it has been fabricated, if they are true in their claim that he has fabricated it.

At-Tur 52:35

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ

Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]

Tafsir 52:35

Or have they been created without a creator to create them? Or are they their own creators? The existence of a creation without a creator or a creation which creates itself is impossible, so why do they not worship their own creator?

At-Tur 52:36

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain

Tafsir 52:36

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? But they do not have conviction that Allah is their Creator, if they had been convinced of that, they would have declared His oneness and brought faith in His Messenger.

At-Tur 52:37

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ

Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]

Tafsir 52:37

Or do they have the treasures of your Lord’s provision to give to whom they wish, and prophethood to give to or stop from whom they want? Or are they the controllers and disposers according to their wish?

At-Tur 52:38

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ

Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority

Tafsir 52:38

Or do they have a ladder with which to climb to the sky in which they listen to Allah’s revelation which He sends to tell them they are on the truth? So let the one who listens amongst them to that revelation bring a clear proof to affirm you in your claim that you are on truth.

At-Tur 52:39

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ

Or has He daughters while you have sons

Tafsir 52:39

Or does He (may He be glorified) have daughters which you dislike, whilst you have sons which you love?

At-Tur 52:40

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down

Tafsir 52:40

Or do you, O Messenger, seek a wage from them for what you convey to them from their Lord, due to which they are burdened with something they cannot bear?

At-Tur 52:41

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down

Tafsir 52:41

Or do they have knowledge of the Ghaib, so that they write for people what they learn from the Ghaib and inform them of what they want therefrom?

At-Tur 52:42

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ

Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan

Tafsir 52:42

Or do these deniers intend to plot against you and your religion. Trust in Allah, as those who disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger are the ones who will be plotted against, not you.

At-Tur 52:43

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ

Or have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him

Tafsir 52:43

Or do they have a true god besides Allah? Pure and exalted is Allah from the partner they attribute to him. None of what was mentioned has happened or is even thinkable.

At-Tur 52:44

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ

And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up

Tafsir 52:44

And if they see a piece of the sky falling, they will say: “This is a cloud which is piled up on each other as usual”. So they do not take heed or believe.

At-Tur 52:45

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ

So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible

Tafsir 52:45

So leave them, O Messenger, in their stubbornness and denial until they meet their day in which they will be punished, which is the day of judgment.

At-Tur 52:46

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ

The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped

Tafsir 52:46

The day when their plot will neither help them a little or a lot, nor will they be helped by being saved from the punishment.

At-Tur 52:47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know

Tafsir 52:47

And for those who wronged themselves through idolatry and sins is a punishment before the punishment of the afterlife: in this life through being killed and imprisoned, and in the Transitory Stage through punishment of the grave. However, most of them do not know that, which is why they remain on their disbelief.

At-Tur 52:48

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

And 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

Tafsir 52:48

Be patient, O Messenger, on the decree of your Lord and His divine law, as you are in My sight and protection. And glorify and praise your Lord when you stand from your sleep.

At-Tur 52:49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars

Tafsir 52:49

And at night, glorify your Lord and pray to Him, and pray the Fajr prayer after the stars have set due to daylight.

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