Surah At-Tur (الطور) is a Meccan surah of the Quran with 49 verses. Read, listen and memorize this surah with our interactive tools.
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📖 3 min readAnd when He mentioned what the deniers have of punishment, as indicated by the words of the oath, He followed it with what their opposites have of reward, also indicated by those words, to complete the news as an encouragement and a warning. So, He said, in response to one who might say, 'What about those who oppose them regarding You?', confirming what the disbelievers have of denial: {Indeed, the righteous} - that is, those for whom righteousness has become a firmly established attribute - {will be in gardens} - that is, in perpetual gardens, both in this world by way of judgment and in the Hereafter. And since gardens may sometimes have someone who is wretched inside them, or a wretched owner, He negated this by saying:
And when He gathered them in the matter of progeny being affiliated with them, because they are among the greatest blessings, and He secured them from what they might fear regarding their deficiency being made up for by others, and He explained this so that it would be more firmly established in the mind. He followed it up with something similar, saying: {وأمددناهم}, meaning, the believers and the pious, as well as those of their progeny who are affiliated with them, are given, by Us, an increase in greatness beyond what has been mentioned. {بفاكهة} And since fruit is something apparent in what they know in the world, and although the life of Paradise, with all its things, is unimaginable and not focused on preserving the body, He said: {ولحم مما يشتهون}, meaning, there is nothing in it that they do not desire, to the utmost extent of their desire. And since this great, lasting bliss invites socializing, with the fragrant wine, He indicated that this is their inevitable, apparent state, with the noble, pure characteristics, saying: {يتنازعون}, meaning, they drink while taking turns, in a playful, loving manner, due to the extreme love and joy, and the pleasantness of their companionship. {فيها كأساً}, meaning, a cup of wine, whose clarity is such that it can hardly be seen in the cup. And since the wine of this world has evils that are removed from it, He said: {لا لغو}, meaning, there is no foolish talk, nor anything that harms or benefits not, {فيها}.
The mysteries, then with a doubling of the expansiveness through contentment with the most inferior kind.
And this is similar to the previous section in that it does not rely on anything, or the establishment of this description for them is a reason for them to be trustworthy in what they say and to be arrogant towards you. For if they claim that, the lowest of creations would judge them to be insane; {Did they create} - that is, in a shared manner - {the heavens and the earth}? For they would be knowledgeable about what is in them in a comprehensive and certain way, to the point that they would know that you say this so that they may respond to it and mock it. And since the estimation is that none of that would be for them to have a semblance of doubt in their speech about you, He followed it up with His statement: {Nay, they have no certainty *} - that is, they do not have any type of certainty to settle on one thing as the truth, or to know that these shameful consequences would be incumbent upon them, and thus they would cease from their likes. {Or do they have} - that is, specifically for them, apart from others - {the treasures}? And since the mention of mercy is not implied by the purpose of the surah, which is punishment, it was not mentioned, just as in the cases of 'swt' and 'subhan'. Therefore, it is said: {Your Lord} - the One who has done good to you by sending you with this message - so that they may know that this which is established is not from their speech, for they do not have any authority over the treasures except through Him. Thus, their statement that you said it would be correct, and at that point, they would be faced with shameful consequences without end, among them that they would bring forth a statement like it, or even better, from those treasures. {Or are they} - that is, they alone - {the controllers *} - that is, the guardians, the preservers, the dominators, the wise leaders, and the scribes - so that they would be in control of all things, just as is the case with the scribes of the king's secrets, so that they may know that you said this.
Or are they the dominant ones? My heart nearly flew away, and Ibn Majah said: When he heard him reciting {Or from nothing or are they the creators} - to his statement - {Then let their listeners bring a clear authority} my heart nearly flew away. And it was mentioned earlier in the beginning of the Surah what Al-Baghawi mentioned from this Hadith.
The Maghrib, 'Isha', and night prayer, and to glorify Him, He stated this and prioritized the act, and the pronoun refers back to the noun it is attached to. He indicated the performance of tahajjud after entering into what came before it by saying {and the passing of the stars}, meaning to glorify Him at the time of their passing, that is, when they pass, and that is at the end of the night in its second half. The closer it gets to dawn, the more superior and worthy of response it becomes. The reading of al-fatihah, in the plural form of 'dabar', refers to the time near dawn, that is, at the time of their disappearance or setting, and that is through the prayer of Fajr, which is more rightful and worthy, whether it is a sunnah or an obligation, for it is the time of their actual passing. Thus, the worship of the morning becomes emphasized twice, in honor and glorification of its status, for that saves from the affliction that occurs, and aids against the enemy who dares to confront, the open sinner, the defender, the hypocrite, and the deceiver. The end of it returns to its beginning, and its disconnected part returns to its connected part, through the infliction of punishment on the wrongdoer, and its distance from the obedient, peaceful one - and Allah is the One who grants success.
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وَٱلطُّورِ ﴿١﴾
By the mount
وَكِتَـٰبٍۢ مَّسْطُورٍۢ ﴿٢﴾
And [by] a Book inscribed
فِى رَقٍّۢ مَّنشُورٍۢ ﴿٣﴾
In parchment spread open
وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ ﴿٤﴾
And [by] the frequented House
وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ ﴿٥﴾
And [by] the heaven raised high
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ ﴿٦﴾
And [by] the sea filled [with fire],
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ ﴿٧﴾
Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍۢ ﴿٨﴾
Of it there is no preventer.
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًۭا ﴿٩﴾
On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًۭا ﴿١٠﴾
And the mountains will pass on, departing -
فَوَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿١١﴾
Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍۢ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿١٢﴾
Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.
يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ﴿١٣﴾
The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],
هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾
"This is the Fire which you used to deny.
أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿١٥﴾
Then is this magic, or do you not see?
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٦﴾
[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 جَنَّـٰتٍۢ وَنَعِيمٍۢ ﴿١٧﴾
Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,
فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١٨﴾
Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌۭ ﴿٢١﴾
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.
وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍۢ وَلَحْمٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.
يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًۭا لَّا لَغْوٌۭ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌۭ ﴿٢٣﴾
They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.
۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌۭ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾
There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾
They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah].
فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ﴿٢٧﴾
So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٢٨﴾
Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍۢ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٩﴾
So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌۭ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ﴿٣٠﴾
Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾
Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾
Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌۭ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٣٨﴾
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾
Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿٤١﴾
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾
Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
Or have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًۭا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌۭ مَّرْكُومٌۭ ﴿٤٤﴾
And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."
فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾
So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾
The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.
وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾
And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.
وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ﴿٤٨﴾
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.
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ﴿٤٩﴾
And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.