SURAH 52 · 49 AYAHS · MECCAN

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52:1Page 523 · Juz 27

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلطُّورِ ۝١

By the Mount,

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52:2Page 523 · Juz 27

وَكِتَـٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ ۝٢

And a Scripture inscribed

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52:3Page 523 · Juz 27

فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ ۝٣

On fine parchment unrolled,

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52:4Page 523 · Juz 27

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ ۝٤

And the House frequented,

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52:5Page 523 · Juz 27

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ ۝٥

And the roof exalted,

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52:6Page 523 · Juz 27

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ ۝٦

And the sea kept filled,

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52:7Page 523 · Juz 27

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ ۝٧

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

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52:8Page 523 · Juz 27

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ ۝٨

There is none that can ward it off.

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52:9Page 523 · Juz 27

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا ۝٩

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

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52:10Page 523 · Juz 27

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا ۝١٠

And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,

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52:11Page 523 · Juz 27

فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ۝١١

Then woe that day unto the deniers

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52:12Page 523 · Juz 27

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ ۝١٢

Who play in talk of grave matters;

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52:13Page 523 · Juz 27

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ۝١٣

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

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52:14Page 523 · Juz 27

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٤

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

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52:15Page 524 · Juz 27

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝١٥

Is this magic, or do ye not see?

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52:16Page 524 · Juz 27

ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۝١٦

Endure 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.

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52:17Page 524 · Juz 27

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ ۝١٧

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

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52:18Page 524 · Juz 27

فَـٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝١٨

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

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52:19Page 524 · Juz 27

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۝١٩

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

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52:20Page 524 · Juz 27

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ ۝٢٠

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

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52:21Page 524 · Juz 27

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ ۝٢١

And 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.

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52:22Page 524 · Juz 27

وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ۝٢٢

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

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52:23Page 524 · Juz 27

يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ ۝٢٣

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

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52:24Page 524 · Juz 27

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ ۝٢٤

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

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52:25Page 524 · Juz 27

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٢٥

And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,

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52:26Page 524 · Juz 27

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ۝٢٦

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

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52:27Page 524 · Juz 27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧

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

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52:28Page 524 · Juz 27

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٢٨

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

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52:29Page 524 · Juz 27

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ۝٢٩

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

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52:30Page 524 · Juz 27

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ۝٣٠

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

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52:31Page 524 · Juz 27

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ۝٣١

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

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52:32Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ ۝٣٢

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

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52:33Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٣٣

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

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52:34Page 525 · Juz 27

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ ۝٣٤

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

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52:35Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٣٥

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

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52:36Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ۝٣٦

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

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52:37Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ ۝٣٧

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

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52:38Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٣٨

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

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52:39Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ۝٣٩

Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?

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52:40Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ۝٤٠

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

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52:41Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ۝٤١

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

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52:42Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ ۝٤٢

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

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52:43Page 525 · Juz 27

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ۝٤٣

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

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52:44Page 525 · Juz 27

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ ۝٤٤

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

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52:45Page 525 · Juz 27

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ ۝٤٥

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

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52:46Page 525 · Juz 27

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤٦

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

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52:47Page 525 · Juz 27

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤٧

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

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52:48Page 525 · Juz 27

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ۝٤٨

So 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,

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52:49Page 525 · Juz 27

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٤٩

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

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