The Mount, The Mountain — Arthur John Arberry Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Success of the Faithful

وَٱلطُّورِ ۝١

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وَكِتَـٰبࣲ مَّسۡطُورࣲ ۝٢

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and a Book inscribe

wakitābin masṭūri

فِی رَقࣲّ مَّنشُورࣲ ۝٣

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in a parchment unrolled

fī raqqin manshūri

وَٱلۡبَیۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ ۝٤

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by the House inhabite

wal-bayti l-maʿmūr

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ۝٥

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and the roof uplifte

wal-saqfi l-marfūʿ

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ ۝٦

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and the sea swarming

wal-baḥri l-masjūr

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

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surely thy Lord's chastisement is about to fall

inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿu

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ ۝٨

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there is none to avert it

mā lahu min dāfiʿi

یَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ مَوۡرࣰا ۝٩

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Upon the day when heaven spins dizzil

yawma tamūru l-samāu mawra

وَتَسِیرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَیۡرࣰا ۝١٠

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and the mountains are in motion

watasīru l-jibālu sayra

فَوَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١١

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woe that day unto those that cry lies

fawaylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی خَوۡضࣲ یَلۡعَبُونَ ۝١٢

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such as play at plunging

alladhīna hum fī khawḍin yalʿabūn

یَوۡمَ یُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ۝١٣

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the day when they shall be pitched into the fire of Gehenna

yawma yudaʿʿūna ilā nāri jahannama daʿʿa

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِی كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٤

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'This is the fire that you cried lies to

hādhihi l-nāru allatī kuntum bihā tukadhibūn

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَـٰذَاۤ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝١٥

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What, is this magic, or is it you that do not see

afasiḥ'run hādhā am antum lā tub'ṣirūn

ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوۤا۟ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُوا۟ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٦

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Roast in it! And bear you patiently, or bear not patiently, equal it is to you; you are only being recompensed for that you were working.

iṣ'lawhā fa-iṣ'birū aw lā taṣbirū sawāon ʿalaykum innamā tuj'zawna mā kuntum taʿmalūn

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَعِیمࣲ ۝١٧

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Surely the godfearing shall be in gardens and bliss

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaʿīmi

فَـٰكِهِینَ بِمَاۤ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ۝١٨

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rejoicing in that their Lord has given them; and their Lord shall guard them against the chastisement of Hell

fākihīna bimā ātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīm

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٩

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'Eat and drink, with wholesome appetite, for that you were working

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

مُتَّكِءِینَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ ۝٢٠

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Reclining upon couches ranged in rows; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris

muttakiīna ʿalā sururin maṣfūfatin wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīni

وَٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّیَّتُهُم بِإِیمَـٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّیَّتَهُمۡ وَمَاۤ أَلَتۡنَـٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَیۡءࣲۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِىِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِینࣱ ۝٢١

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And those who believed, and their seed followed them in belief, We shall join their seed with them, and We shall not defraud them of aught of their work; every man shall be pledged for what he earned

wa-alladhīna āmanū wa-ittabaʿathum dhurriyyatuhum biīmānin alḥaqnā bihim dhurriyyatahum wamā alatnāhum min ʿamalihim min shayin kullu im'ri-in bimā kasaba rahīnu

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةࣲ وَلَحۡمࣲ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٢٢

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And We shall succour them with fruits and flesh such as they desir

wa-amdadnāhum bifākihatin walaḥmin mimmā yashtahūn

یَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِیهَا كَأۡسࣰا لَّا لَغۡوࣱ فِیهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمࣱ ۝٢٣

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while they pass therein a cup one to another wherein is no idle talk, no cause of sin

yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kasan lā laghwun fīhā walā tathīmu

۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ ۝٢٤

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and there go round them youths, their own, as if they were hidden pearls

wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim ghil'mānun lahum ka-annahum lu'lu-on maknūnu

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ۝٢٥

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They advance one upon another, asking each other questions

wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِیۤ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِینَ ۝٢٦

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They say, 'We were before among our people, ever going in fear

qālū innā kunnā qablu fī ahlinā mush'fiqīn

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَیۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧

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and God was gracious to us, and guarded us against the chastisement of the burning wind

famanna l-lahu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿadhāba l-samūm

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٢٨

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we were before ever calling upon Him; surely He is the All-benign, the All-compassionate.

innā kunnā min qablu nadʿūhu innahu huwa l-baru l-raḥīm

2 Opponents are doomed

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنࣲ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ ۝٢٩

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Therefore remind! by thy Lord's blessing thou art not a soothsayer neither possessed

fadhakkir famā anta biniʿ'mati rabbika bikāhinin walā majnūni

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ شَاعِرࣱ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَیۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ ۝٣٠

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Or do they say, 'He is a poet for whom we await Fate's uncertainty'

am yaqūlūna shāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihi rayba l-manūn

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّی مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِینَ ۝٣١

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Say: 'Await! I shall be awaiting with you.

qul tarabbaṣū fa-innī maʿakum mina l-mutarabiṣīn

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَاۤۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٣٢

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Or do their intellects bid them do this? Or are they an insolent people

am tamuruhum aḥlāmuhum bihādhā am hum qawmun ṭāghūn

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٣٣

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Or do they say, 'He has invented it?' Nay, but they do not believe

am yaqūlūna taqawwalahu bal lā yu'minūn

فَلۡیَأۡتُوا۟ بِحَدِیثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦۤ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٤

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Then let them bring a discourse like it, if they speak truly

falyatū biḥadīthin mith'lihi in kānū ṣādiqīn

أَمۡ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنۡ غَیۡرِ شَیۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٣٥

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Or were they created out of nothing? Or are they the creators

am khuliqū min ghayri shayin am humu l-khāliqūn

أَمۡ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا یُوقِنُونَ ۝٣٦

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Or did they create the heavens and earth? Nay, but they have not sure faith

am khalaqū l-samāwāti wal-arḍa bal lā yūqinūn

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَاۤىِٕنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۣیۡطِرُونَ ۝٣٧

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Or are thy Lord's treasuries in their keeping? Or are they the registrars

am ʿindahum khazāinu rabbika am humu l-muṣayṭirūn

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ یَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِیهِۖ فَلۡیَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٣٨

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Or have they a ladder whereon they listen? Then let any of them that has listened bring a clear authority

am lahum sullamun yastamiʿūna fīhi falyati mus'tamiʿuhum bisul'ṭānin mubīni

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ۝٣٩

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Or has He daughters, and they sons

am lahu l-banātu walakumu l-banūn

أَمۡ تَسۡءَلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ۝٤٠

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Or askest thou them for a wage, and so they are weighed down with debt

am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūn

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبُ فَهُمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ ۝٤١

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Or is the Unseen in their keeping, and so they are writing it down

am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn

أَمۡ یُرِیدُونَ كَیۡدࣰاۖ فَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِیدُونَ ۝٤٢

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Or desire they to outwit? The unbelievers, they are the outwitted

am yurīdūna kaydan fa-alladhīna kafarū humu l-makīdūn

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَـٰهٌ غَیۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا یُشۡرِكُونَ ۝٤٣

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Or have they a god, other than God? Glory be to God, above that which they associate

am lahum ilāhun ghayru l-lahi sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yush'rikūn

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ كِسۡفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ سَاقِطࣰا یَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ ۝٤٤

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Even if they saw lumps falling from heaven, they would say, 'A massed cloud!

wa-in yaraw kis'fan mina l-samāi sāqiṭan yaqūlū saḥābun markūmu

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی فِیهِ یُصۡعَقُونَ ۝٤٥

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Then leave them, till they encounter their day wherein they shall be thunderstruck

fadharhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī fīhi yuṣ'ʿaqūn

یَوۡمَ لَا یُغۡنِی عَنۡهُمۡ كَیۡدُهُمۡ شَیۡءࣰا وَلَا هُمۡ یُنصَرُونَ ۝٤٦

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the day when their guile shall avail them naught, and they shall not be helped

yawma lā yugh'nī ʿanhum kayduhum shayan walā hum yunṣarūn

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابࣰا دُونَ ذَ ٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٤٧

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And there surely awaits the evildoers a chastisement beyond even that, but most of them know it not

wa-inna lilladhīna ẓalamū ʿadhāban dūna dhālika walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡیُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِینَ تَقُومُ ۝٤٨

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And be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord; surely thou art before Our eyes. And proclaim the praise of thy Lord when thou arisest

wa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika fa-innaka bi-aʿyuninā wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika ḥīna taqūm

وَمِنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٤٩

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and proclaim the praise of thy Lord in the night, and at the declining of the stars

wamina al-layli fasabbiḥ'hu wa-id'bāra l-nujūm

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