BaAlawi.com

Qur’an

Read with clarity and context.

Read the Arabic text with a clearly labelled English meaning. Sources remain visible, and the Qur’an Arabic is preserved as immutable source data.

Choose a reciter to listen.

Surah 52 · 49 ayat

At-Tur

The Mount

الطور

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

52:1

وَٱلطُّورِ

MeaningBy the Mount,

52:2

وَكِتَـٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ

MeaningAnd a Scripture inscribed

52:3

فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ

MeaningOn fine parchment unrolled,

52:4

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ

MeaningAnd the House frequented,

52:5

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

MeaningAnd the roof exalted,

52:6

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ

MeaningAnd the sea kept filled,

52:7

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

MeaningLo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;

52:8

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ

MeaningThere is none that can ward it off.

52:9

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

MeaningOn the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,

52:10

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

MeaningAnd the mountains move away with (awful) movement,

52:11

فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

MeaningThen woe that day unto the deniers

52:12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

MeaningWho play in talk of grave matters;

52:13

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

MeaningThe day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of Hell.

52:14

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

Meaning(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.

52:15

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

MeaningIs this magic, or do ye not see?

52:16

ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

MeaningEndure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.

52:17

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

MeaningLo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,

52:18

فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

MeaningHappy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire.

52:19

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Meaning(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,

52:20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

MeaningReclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.

52:21

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ

MeaningAnd they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned.

52:22

وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

MeaningAnd We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.

52:23

يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ

MeaningThere they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.

52:24

وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

MeaningAnd there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.

52:25

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

MeaningAnd some of them draw near unto others, questioning,

52:26

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

MeaningSaying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;

52:27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

MeaningBut Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.

52:28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

MeaningLo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.

52:29

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

MeaningTherefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.

52:30

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ

MeaningOr say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time?

52:31

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

MeaningSay (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.

52:32

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

MeaningDo their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk?

52:33

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

MeaningOr say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe!

52:34

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ

MeaningThen let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.

52:35

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ

MeaningOr were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?

52:36

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

MeaningOr did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!

52:37

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

MeaningOr do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)?

52:38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

MeaningOr have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!

52:39

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

MeaningOr hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?

52:40

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

MeaningOr askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt?

52:41

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

MeaningOr possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down?

52:42

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

MeaningOr seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!

52:43

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

MeaningOr have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!

52:44

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

MeaningAnd if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.

52:45

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

MeaningThen let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken,

52:46

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

MeaningA day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.

52:47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

MeaningAnd verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.

52:48

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

MeaningSo wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest,

52:49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

MeaningAnd in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.

Sources & credits

Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

Word study: word identity, English word meanings and transliteration are stored locally from Quran Foundation Content Sync. The Qur’an Arabic displayed by BaAlawi remains the canonical BaAlawi source corpus.

Additional translations and study resources are self-hosted by BaAlawi from individually rights-reviewed sources. Each resource keeps its publisher, version and provenance metadata.

Transliteration is a reading aid, not Tajwid and not a substitute for the Qur’an Arabic or recitation. BaAlawi Readable Latin and Scholarly Latin are generated from the Arabic Wikisource Uthmani dataset under CC BY-SA 4.0, with changes identified as BaAlawi transliteration. Source.