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الطور

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

وَٱلطُّورِ

By the mount

Wat-Toor

Word by word
وَٱلطُّورِ
wal-ṭūri
By the Mount
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

2

وَكِتَـٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ

And [by] a Book inscribed

Wa kitaabim mastoor

Word by word
وَكِتَـٰبٍۢ
wakitābin
And by (the) Book
مَّسْطُورٍۢ
masṭūrin
written
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

3

فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ

In parchment spread open

Fee raqqim manshoor

Word by word
فِى
In
رَقٍّۢ
raqqin
parchment
مَّنشُورٍۢ
manshūrin
unrolled
Interpretation

On a spread-open paper.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

4

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ

And [by] the frequented House

Wal baitil ma'moor

Word by word
وَٱلْبَيْتِ
wal-bayti
By the House
ٱلْمَعْمُورِ
l-maʿmūri
frequented
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

5

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high

Wassaqfil marfoo'

Word by word
وَٱلسَّقْفِ
wal-saqfi
By the roof
ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ
l-marfūʿi
raised high
Interpretation

And He swore by the sky.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

6

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ

And [by] the sea set on fire,

Wal bahril masjoor

Word by word
وَٱلْبَحْرِ
wal-baḥri
By the sea
ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
l-masjūri
filled
Interpretation

And He swore by the sea filled with water.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

7

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

Inna 'azaaba Rabbika lawaaqi'

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(the) punishment
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
لَوَٰقِعٌۭ
lawāqiʿun
(will) surely occur
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

8

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ

Of it there is no preventer.

Maa lahoo min daafi'

Word by word
مَّا
Not
لَهُۥ
lahu
for it
مِن
min
any
دَافِعٍۢ
dāfiʿin
preventer
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

9

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

Yawma tamoorus samaaa'u mawraa

Word by word
يَوْمَ
yawma
(On the) Day
تَمُورُ
tamūru
will shake
ٱلسَّمَآءُ
l-samāu
the heaven
مَوْرًۭا
mawran
(with violent) shake
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

10

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

And the mountains will pass on, departing -

Wa taseerul jibaalu sairaa

Word by word
وَتَسِيرُ
watasīru
And will move away
ٱلْجِبَالُ
l-jibālu
the mountains
سَيْرًۭا
sayran
(with an awful) movement
Interpretation

And the mountains will travel from their places.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

11

فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

Fawailuny yawma 'izil lil mukaazzibeen

Word by word
فَوَيْلٌۭ
fawaylun
Then woe
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ
yawma-idhin
that Day
لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
lil'mukadhibīna
to the deniers
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

Allazeena hum fee khawdiny yal'aboon

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Who
هُمْ
hum
[they]
فِى
in
خَوْضٍۢ
khawḍin
(vain) discourse
يَلْعَبُونَ
yalʿabūna
are playing
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

13

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

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

Yawma yuda'-'oona ilaa naari jahannama da'-'aa

Word by word
يَوْمَ
yawma
(The) Day
يُدَعُّونَ
yudaʿʿūna
they will be thrust
إِلَىٰ
ilā
(in)to
نَارِ
nāri
(the) Fire
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
(of) Hell
دَعًّا
daʿʿan
(with) a thrust
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

14

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

"This is the Fire which you used to deny.

Haazihin naarul latee kuntum bihaa tukazziboon

Word by word
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
This
ٱلنَّارُ
l-nāru
(is) the Fire
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
كُنتُم
kuntum
you used to
بِهَا
bihā
[of it]
تُكَذِّبُونَ
tukadhibūna
deny
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

15

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Then is this magic, or do you not see?

Afasihrun haazaaaa am antum laa tubsiroon

Word by word
أَفَسِحْرٌ
afasiḥ'run
Then is this magic
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
Then is this magic
أَمْ
am
or
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
لَا
(do) not
تُبْصِرُونَ
tub'ṣirūna
see
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

16

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

[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."

Islawhaa fasbirooo aw laa tasbiroo sawaaa'un 'alaikum innamaa tujzawna maa kuntum ta'maloon

Word by word
ٱصْلَوْهَا
iṣ'lawhā
Burn in it
فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟
fa-iṣ'birū
then be patient
أَوْ
aw
or
لَا
(do) not
تَصْبِرُوا۟
taṣbirū
be patient
سَوَآءٌ
sawāon
(it is) same
عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ
ʿalaykum
for you
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
تُجْزَوْنَ
tuj'zawna
you are being recompensed
مَا
(for) what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

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”.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

17

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

Innal muttaqeena fee jannaatinw wa na'eem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
l-mutaqīna
the righteous
فِى
(will be) in
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
jannātin
Gardens
وَنَعِيمٍۢ
wanaʿīmin
and pleasure
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

18

فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

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

Faakiheena bimaaa aataahum rabbuhum wa waqaahum rabbuhum 'azaabal jaheem

Word by word
فَـٰكِهِينَ
fākihīna
Enjoying
بِمَآ
bimā
in what
ءَاتَىٰهُمْ
ātāhum
has given them
رَبُّهُمْ
rabbuhum
their Lord
وَوَقَىٰهُمْ
wawaqāhum
and protected them
رَبُّهُمْ
rabbuhum
their Lord
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(from the) punishment
ٱلْجَحِيمِ
l-jaḥīmi
(of) Hellfire
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

19

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

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

Kuloo washraboo haneee 'am bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Word by word
كُلُوا۟
kulū
Eat
وَٱشْرَبُوا۟
wa-ish'rabū
and drink
هَنِيٓـًٔۢا
hanīan
(in) satisfaction
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

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”.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

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

Muttaki'eena 'alaa sururim masfoofatinw wa zawwaj naahum bihoorin 'een

Word by word
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ
muttakiīna
Reclining
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
سُرُرٍۢ
sururin
thrones
مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ
maṣfūfatin
lined up
وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم
wazawwajnāhum
and We will marry them
بِحُورٍ
biḥūrin
to fair ones
عِينٍۢ
ʿīnin
(with) large eyes
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

21

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

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.

Wallazeena aamanoo wattaba'at hum zurriyyatuhum bieemaanin alhaqnaa bihim zurriyyatahum wa maaa alatnaahum min 'amalihim min shai'; kullum ri'im bimaa kasaba raheen

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believed
وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ
wa-ittabaʿathum
and followed them
ذُرِّيَّتُهُم
dhurriyyatuhum
their offspring
بِإِيمَـٰنٍ
biīmānin
in faith
أَلْحَقْنَا
alḥaqnā
We will join
بِهِمْ
bihim
with them
ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ
dhurriyyatahum
their offspring
وَمَآ
wamā
and not
أَلَتْنَـٰهُم
alatnāhum
We will deprive them
مِّنْ
min
of
عَمَلِهِم
ʿamalihim
their deeds
مِّن
min
(in) any
شَىْءٍۢ ۚ
shayin
thing
كُلُّ
kullu
Every
ٱمْرِئٍۭ
im'ri-in
person
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَسَبَ
kasaba
he earned
رَهِينٌۭ
rahīnun
(is) pledged
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

22

وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

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

Wa amdadnaahum bifaa kihatinw wa lahmim mimmaa yashtahoon

Word by word
وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم
wa-amdadnāhum
And We will provide them
بِفَـٰكِهَةٍۢ
bifākihatin
with fruit
وَلَحْمٍۢ
walaḥmin
and meat
مِّمَّا
mimmā
from what
يَشْتَهُونَ
yashtahūna
they desire
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

23

يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ

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

Yatanaaza'oona feehaa kaasal laa laghwun feehaa wa laa taaseem

Word by word
يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ
yatanāzaʿūna
They will pass to one another
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
كَأْسًۭا
kasan
a cup
لَّا
no
لَغْوٌۭ
laghwun
ill speech
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
وَلَا
walā
and no
تَأْثِيمٌۭ
tathīmun
sin
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

24

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

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

Wa yatoofu 'alaihim ghilmaanul lahum ka annahum lu'lu'um maknoon

Word by word
۞ وَيَطُوفُ
wayaṭūfu
And will circulate
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
among them
غِلْمَانٌۭ
ghil'mānun
boys
لَّهُمْ
lahum
for them
كَأَنَّهُمْ
ka-annahum
as if they (were)
لُؤْلُؤٌۭ
lu'lu-on
pearls
مَّكْنُونٌۭ
maknūnun
well-protected
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

25

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

Wa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatasaaa'aloon

Word by word
وَأَقْبَلَ
wa-aqbala
And will approach
بَعْضُهُمْ
baʿḍuhum
some of them
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
to
بَعْضٍۢ
baʿḍin
others
يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
yatasāalūna
inquiring
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

26

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

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

Qaalooo innaa kunnaa qablu feee ahlinaa mushfiqeen

Word by word
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They will say
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
كُنَّا
kunnā
[we] were
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
فِىٓ
among
أَهْلِنَا
ahlinā
our families
مُشْفِقِينَ
mush'fiqīna
fearful
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

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

Famannnal laahu 'alainaa wa waqaanaa 'azaabas samoom

Word by word
فَمَنَّ
famanna
But Allah conferred favor
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
But Allah conferred favor
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
upon us
وَوَقَىٰنَا
wawaqānā
and protected us
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(from the) punishment
ٱلسَّمُومِ
l-samūmi
(of) the Scorching Fire
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

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

Innaa kunnaa min qablu nad'oohu innahoo huwal barrur raheem

Word by word
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
كُنَّا
kunnā
[we] used to
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
نَدْعُوهُ ۖ
nadʿūhu
call Him
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
هُوَ
huwa
[He]
ٱلْبَرُّ
l-baru
(is) the Most Kind
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
l-raḥīmu
the Most Merciful
Interpretation

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.”

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

29

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

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

Fazakkir famaaa anta bini'mati rabbika bikaahininw wa laa majnoon

Word by word
فَذَكِّرْ
fadhakkir
Therefore remind
فَمَآ
famā
for not
أَنتَ
anta
you
بِنِعْمَتِ
biniʿ'mati
(are) by (the) grace
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
بِكَاهِنٍۢ
bikāhinin
a soothsayer
وَلَا
walā
and not
مَجْنُونٍ
majnūnin
a madman
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

30

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ

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

Am yaqooloona shaa'irun natarabbasu bihee raibal manoon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
(do) they say
شَاعِرٌۭ
shāʿirun
A poet
نَّتَرَبَّصُ
natarabbaṣu
we wait
بِهِۦ
bihi
for him
رَيْبَ
rayba
a misfortune of time
ٱلْمَنُونِ
l-manūni
a misfortune of time
Interpretation

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”?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

31

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

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

Qul tarabbasoo fa innee ma'akum minal mutarabbiseen

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
تَرَبَّصُوا۟
tarabbaṣū
Wait
فَإِنِّى
fa-innī
for indeed I am
مَعَكُم
maʿakum
with you
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
l-mutarabiṣīna
those who wait
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

32

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

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

Am taamuruhum ahlaamuhum bihaazaaa am hum qawmun taaghoon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
تَأْمُرُهُمْ
tamuruhum
command them
أَحْلَـٰمُهُم
aḥlāmuhum
their minds
بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ
bihādhā
this
أَمْ
am
or
هُمْ
hum
they
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
طَاغُونَ
ṭāghūna
transgressing
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

33

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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

Am yaqooloona taqawwalah; bal laa yu'minoon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
(do) they say
تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ
taqawwalahu
He has made it up
بَل
bal
Nay
لَّا
not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
they believe
Interpretation

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”.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

34

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ

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

Falyaatoo bihadeesim misliheee in kaanoo saadiqeen

Word by word
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟
falyatū
Then let them bring
بِحَدِيثٍۢ
biḥadīthin
a statement
مِّثْلِهِۦٓ
mith'lihi
like it
إِن
in
if
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they are
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ṣādiqīna
truthful
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

35

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ

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

Am khuliqoo min ghairi shai'in am humul khaaliqoon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
خُلِقُوا۟
khuliqū
they were created
مِنْ
min
of
غَيْرِ
ghayri
nothing
شَىْءٍ
shayin
nothing
أَمْ
am
or
هُمُ
humu
(are) they
ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ
l-khāliqūna
the creators
Interpretation

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?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

36

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

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

Am khalaqus samaawaati wal ard; bal laa yooqinoon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
خَلَقُوا۟
khalaqū
(did) they create
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
بَل
bal
Nay
لَّا
not
يُوقِنُونَ
yūqinūna
they are certain
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

37

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

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

Am'indahum khazaaa'inu rabbika am humul musaitiroon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
عِندَهُمْ
ʿindahum
with them
خَزَآئِنُ
khazāinu
(are the) treasures
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
أَمْ
am
or
هُمُ
humu
(are) they
ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ
l-muṣayṭirūna
the controllers
Interpretation

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?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

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

Am lahum sullamuny yastami'oona feehi falyaati mustami'uhum bisultaanim mubeen

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
سُلَّمٌۭ
sullamun
(is) a stairway
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
yastamiʿūna
they listen
فِيهِ ۖ
fīhi
therewith
فَلْيَأْتِ
falyati
Then let bring
مُسْتَمِعُهُم
mus'tamiʿuhum
their listener
بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ
bisul'ṭānin
an authority
مُّبِينٍ
mubīnin
clear
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

39

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

Or has He daughters while you have sons?

Am lahul banaatu wa lakumul banoon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
لَهُ
lahu
for Him
ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ
l-banātu
(are) daughters
وَلَكُمُ
walakumu
while for you
ٱلْبَنُونَ
l-banūna
(are) sons
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

40

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

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

Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ
tasaluhum
(do) you ask from them
أَجْرًۭا
ajran
a payment
فَهُم
fahum
so they
مِّن
min
from
مَّغْرَمٍۢ
maghramin
a debt
مُّثْقَلُونَ
muth'qalūna
(are) overburdened
Interpretation

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?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

41

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

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

Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
عِندَهُمُ
ʿindahumu
with them
ٱلْغَيْبُ
l-ghaybu
(is) the unseen
فَهُمْ
fahum
so they
يَكْتُبُونَ
yaktubūna
write (it) down
Interpretation

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?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

42

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

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

Am yureedoona kaidan fallazeena kafaroo humul makeedoon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
يُرِيدُونَ
yurīdūna
(do) they intend
كَيْدًۭا ۖ
kaydan
a plot
فَٱلَّذِينَ
fa-alladhīna
But those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
هُمُ
humu
themselves
ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ
l-makīdūna
(are in) the plot
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

43

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

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

Am lahum ilaahun ghairul laa; subhaanal laahi 'ammaa yushrikoon

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
إِلَـٰهٌ
ilāhun
a god
غَيْرُ
ghayru
other than
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
Allah
سُبْحَـٰنَ
sub'ḥāna
Glory be
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(to) Allah
عَمَّا
ʿammā
from what
يُشْرِكُونَ
yush'rikūna
they associate (with Him)
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

44

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

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

Wa iny yaraw kisfam minas samaaa'i saaqitany yaqooloo sahaabum markoom

Word by word
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they were to see
كِسْفًۭا
kis'fan
a portion
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
سَاقِطًۭا
sāqiṭan
falling
يَقُولُوا۟
yaqūlū
they will say
سَحَابٌۭ
saḥābun
Clouds
مَّرْكُومٌۭ
markūmun
heaped up
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

45

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

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

Fazarhum hatta yulaaqoo yawmahumul lazee feehi yus'aqoon

Word by word
فَذَرْهُمْ
fadharhum
So leave them
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يُلَـٰقُوا۟
yulāqū
they meet
يَوْمَهُمُ
yawmahumu
their Day
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
which
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
يُصْعَقُونَ
yuṣ'ʿaqūna
they will faint
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

46

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

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

Yawma laa yughnee 'anhum kaidumhum shai'anw wa laa hum yunsaroon

Word by word
يَوْمَ
yawma
(The) Day
لَا
not
يُغْنِى
yugh'nī
will avail
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
to them
كَيْدُهُمْ
kayduhum
their plotting
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
(in) anything
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يُنصَرُونَ
yunṣarūna
will be helped
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

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

Wa inna lillazeena zalamoo 'azaaban doona zalika wa laakinna aksarahum laa ya'lamoon

Word by word
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
ẓalamū
do wrong
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
(is) a punishment
دُونَ
dūna
before
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
aktharahum
most of them
لَا
(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

48

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

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

Wasbir lihukmi rabbika fa innaka bi-a'yuninaa wa sabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoom

Word by word
وَٱصْبِرْ
wa-iṣ'bir
So be patient
لِحُكْمِ
liḥuk'mi
for (the) Command
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
فَإِنَّكَ
fa-innaka
for indeed, you
بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ
bi-aʿyuninā
(are) in Our Eyes
وَسَبِّحْ
wasabbiḥ
And glorify
بِحَمْدِ
biḥamdi
(the) praise
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
حِينَ
ḥīna
when
تَقُومُ
taqūmu
you arise
Interpretation

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.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

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

Wa minal laili fasabbihhu wa idbaaran nujoom

Word by word
وَمِنَ
wamina
And of
ٱلَّيْلِ
al-layli
the night
فَسَبِّحْهُ
fasabbiḥ'hu
glorify Him
وَإِدْبَـٰرَ
wa-id'bāra
and after
ٱلنُّجُومِ
l-nujūmi
the stars
Interpretation

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

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.