وَٱلطُّورِ ١
wal-ṭūri
1. By the mount
Surah At-Tur transliteration
سورة الطور
Here is Surah At-Tur (“The Mount”) in transliteration: each of its 49 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَكِتَٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ ٢
wakitābin masṭūrin
2. And [by] a Book inscribed1550
Notes
[1550] Interpreted as the Preserved Slate or possibly the Qur’ān.
فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ ٣
fī raqqin manshūrin
3. In parchment spread open
وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ ٤
wal-bayti l-maʿmūri
4. And [by] the frequented House1551
Notes
[1551] The house of worship for the angels in the seventh heaven, comparable to the Kaʿbah on earth.
وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ ٥
wal-saqfi l-marfūʿi
5. And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ ٦
wal-baḥri l-masjūri
6. And [by] the sea set on fire,1552
Notes
[1552] On the Day of Resurrection. Or "the sea which has overflowed."
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ٧
inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿun
7. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ ٨
mā lahu min dāfiʿin
8. Of it there is no preventer.
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا ٩
yawma tamūru l-samāu mawran
9. On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا ١٠
watasīru l-jibālu sayran
10. And the mountains will pass on, departing1553 -
Notes
[1553] Becoming dust and moving as clouds.
فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ١١
fawaylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīna
11. Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ ١٢
alladhīna hum fī khawḍin yalʿabūna
12. Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ١٣
yawma yudaʿʿūna ilā nāri jahannama daʿʿan
13. The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٤
hādhihi l-nāru allatī kuntum bihā tukadhibūna
14. "This is the Fire which you used to deny.
أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ١٥
afasiḥ'run hādhā am antum lā tub'ṣirūna
15. Then is this magic, or do you not see?
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ١٦
iṣ'lawhā fa-iṣ'birū aw lā taṣbirū sawāon ʿalaykum innamā tuj'zawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna
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."
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ ١٧
inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaʿīmin
17. Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ١٨
fākihīna bimā ātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi
18. Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ١٩
kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
19. [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ٢٠
muttakiīna ʿalā sururin maṣfūfatin wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin
20. They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ ٢١
wa-alladhīna āmanū wa-ittabaʿathum dhurriyyatuhum biīmānin alḥaqnā bihim dhurriyyatahum wamā alatnāhum min ʿamalihim min shayin kullu im'ri-in bimā kasaba rahīnun
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
Notes
[1554] i.e., the reward thereof.
[1555] i.e., subject or held responsible. Literally, "a hostage."
وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ٢٢
wa-amdadnāhum bifākihatin walaḥmin mimmā yashtahūna
22. And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ ٢٣
yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kasan lā laghwun fīhā walā tathīmun
23. They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ٢٤
wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim ghil'mānun lahum ka-annahum lu'lu-on maknūnun
24. There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٢٥
wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūna
25. And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ٢٦
qālū innā kunnā qablu fī ahlinā mush'fiqīna
26. They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allāh].
فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧
famanna l-lahu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿadhāba l-samūmi
27. So Allāh conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٢٨
innā kunnā min qablu nadʿūhu innahu huwa l-baru l-raḥīmu
28. Indeed, we used to supplicate1556 Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
Notes
[1556] i.e., worship.
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ٢٩
fadhakkir famā anta biniʿ'mati rabbika bikāhinin walā majnūnin
29. So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ٣٠
am yaqūlūna shāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihi rayba l-manūni
30. Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?1557
Notes
[1557] i.e., some accident or inevitable death.
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ٣١
qul tarabbaṣū fa-innī maʿakum mina l-mutarabiṣīna
31. Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ٣٢
am tamuruhum aḥlāmuhum bihādhā am hum qawmun ṭāghūna
32. Or do their minds1558 command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
Notes
[1558] In this expression is also a subtle allusion to the leaders of the Quraysh, who considered themselves to be great minds.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٣٣
am yaqūlūna taqawwalahu bal lā yu'minūna
33. Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٤
falyatū biḥadīthin mith'lihi in kānū ṣādiqīna
34. Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ ٣٥
am khuliqū min ghayri shayin am humu l-khāliqūna
35. Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ٣٦
am khalaqū l-samāwāti wal-arḍa bal lā yūqinūna
36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ ٣٧
am ʿindahum khazāinu rabbika am humu l-muṣayṭirūna
37. Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ٣٨
am lahum sullamun yastamiʿūna fīhi falyati mus'tamiʿuhum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin
38. Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].
أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ٣٩
am lahu l-banātu walakumu l-banūna
39. Or has He daughters while you have sons?
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ٤٠
am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūna
40. Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ٤١
am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūna
41. Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ ٤٢
am yurīdūna kaydan fa-alladhīna kafarū humu l-makīdūna
42. Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ٤٣
am lahum ilāhun ghayru l-lahi sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yush'rikūna
43. Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ ٤٤
wa-in yaraw kis'fan mina l-samāi sāqiṭan yaqūlū saḥābun markūmun
44. And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling,1559 they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
Notes
[1559] Marking the onset of Allāh's punishment, as they had requested.
فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ ٤٥
fadharhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī fīhi yuṣ'ʿaqūna
45. So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ٤٦
yawma lā yugh'nī ʿanhum kayduhum shayan walā hum yunṣarūna
46. The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٤٧
wa-inna lilladhīna ẓalamū ʿadhāban dūna dhālika walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
47. And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment1560 before that, but most of them do not know.
Notes
[1560] If not in this world, in the grave.
وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٤٨
wa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika fa-innaka bi-aʿyuninā wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika ḥīna taqūmu
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
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ٤٩
wamina al-layli fasabbiḥ'hu wa-id'bāra l-nujūmi
49. And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.
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