The Mount, The Mountain — Bijan Moeinian Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Success of the Faithful

وَٱلطُّورِ ۝١

I (God) swear by the Mount Sinai

وَكِتَـٰبࣲ مَّسۡطُورࣲ ۝٢

And this Qur’an which is already written and preserved in a…

wakitābin masṭūri

فِی رَقࣲّ مَّنشُورࣲ ۝٣

safe place in an unfolded scroll

fī raqqin manshūri

وَٱلۡبَیۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ ۝٤

And by this house (Kaba in Mecca built by Abraham for the worship of God) which is being visited by so many people

wal-bayti l-maʿmūr

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ۝٥

And the elevated canopy

wal-saqfi l-marfūʿ

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ ۝٦

And by the swollen ocea

wal-baḥri l-masjūr

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

Have no doubt about the coming of the day of…

inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿu

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ ۝٨

judgment that no one can escape it

mā lahu min dāfiʿi

یَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ مَوۡرࣰا ۝٩

On the day that the heaven will move from…

yawma tamūru l-samāu mawra

وَتَسِیرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَیۡرࣰا ۝١٠

side to side and the mountains will be wiped out

watasīru l-jibālu sayra

فَوَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١١

Grief and sorrow on that day to disbelievers who wasted their life by entering into…

fawaylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی خَوۡضࣲ یَلۡعَبُونَ ۝١٢

vain discourse and took serious matters lightly

alladhīna hum fī khawḍin yalʿabūn

یَوۡمَ یُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ۝١٣

The day on which they will be dragged violently to the Hellfire

yawma yudaʿʿūna ilā nāri jahannama daʿʿa

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِی كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٤

They will be told:” This is the Fire that you were denying.”

hādhihi l-nāru allatī kuntum bihā tukadhibūn

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَـٰذَاۤ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝١٥

“Do you think this is magic? Can you see now what you were rejecting?”

afasiḥ'run hādhā am antum lā tub'ṣirūn

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

Burn now. whether you bear it or not, this is your destiny. You are simply being rewarded according to your deeds

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

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَعِیمࣲ ۝١٧

The righteous ones will end up in garden enjoying heavenly joy

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaʿīmi

فَـٰكِهِینَ بِمَاۤ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ۝١٨

Their Lord will save them from the punishment of Hell and let them rejoice in Heaven

fākihīna bimā ātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīm

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٩

“Eat and drink free of charge as a reward for your worldly deeds.”

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

مُتَّكِءِینَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ ۝٢٠

Reclining on luxurious furnishings, face to face they will enjoy each others company; they will be wedded to pure spouses with beautiful eyes

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

I (God) will join in paradise those who have believed with their offspring, who have followed their footsteps in faith. No one will be deprived of the reward for his deeds. The man’s soul [which is a collateral for what God has offered him in this world as a debt], will be freed of his debt

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

I (God) will provide them [free of charge] with any fruit or meat that they may desire

wa-amdadnāhum bifākihatin walaḥmin mimmā yashtahūn

یَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِیهَا كَأۡسࣰا لَّا لَغۡوࣱ فِیهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمࣱ ۝٢٣

They will be passed hand to hand cups of drinks which will not intoxicate them and, therefore, they will never behave indecently or use abusive language

yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kasan lā laghwun fīhā walā tathīmu

۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ ۝٢٤

They will have appointed young servants who will be as lovely as well-guarded pearls

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

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ۝٢٥

They will talk to each other about their worldly lives saying

wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِیۤ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِینَ ۝٢٦

“While living among our folks, we were not obsessed with accumulating the wealth and our financial security

qālū innā kunnā qablu fī ahlinā mush'fiqīn

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَیۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧

That is why God has been so kind to us and has saved us from the hot winds of poisonous gases of Hell

famanna l-lahu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿadhāba l-samūm

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٢٨

God was the Only One Whom we turned to; indeed He is the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

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

2 Opponents are doomed

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنࣲ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ ۝٢٩

Go on and guide them to the right path. By the grace of your Lord, you are neither a wizard nor a mad man

fadhakkir famā anta biniʿ'mati rabbika bikāhinin walā majnūni

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ شَاعِرࣱ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَیۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ ۝٣٠

They say: “Mohammad is a poet, insulting our idols; we are waiting so that pretty soon he will be subjected to a miserable end by our gods.”

am yaqūlūna shāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihi rayba l-manūn

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّی مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِینَ ۝٣١

Tell them: “Wait, I will be waiting too.”

qul tarabbaṣū fa-innī maʿakum mina l-mutarabiṣīn

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَاۤۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٣٢

Are these contradictory accusations [calling Mohammad an intelligent poet and at the same time a mad man, for example] the fruit of their thoughts or the manifestation of their wicked nature

am tamuruhum aḥlāmuhum bihādhā am hum qawmun ṭāghūn

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٣٣

While they know that Mohammad is not capable of coming up with such a superior work like Qur’an, is their insistence upon this accusation not a sign of their wickedness

am yaqūlūna taqawwalahu bal lā yu'minūn

فَلۡیَأۡتُوا۟ بِحَدِیثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦۤ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٤

If they really believe that a man is capable of producing a book like this, then challenge them to produce a similar book, if they are sincere about what they are saying

falyatū biḥadīthin mith'lihi in kānū ṣādiqīn

أَمۡ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنۡ غَیۡرِ شَیۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٣٥

Do they think that they are created out of nothing? Are they their own creators

am khuliqū min ghayri shayin am humu l-khāliqūn

أَمۡ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا یُوقِنُونَ ۝٣٦

Have they created heavens and the earth? The fact of the matter is that they are sure of nothing; they have no faith

am khalaqū l-samāwāti wal-arḍa bal lā yūqinūn

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَاۤىِٕنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۣیۡطِرُونَ ۝٣٧

Do they possess the treasures of your Lord? Do they have control over anything

am ʿindahum khazāinu rabbika am humu l-muṣayṭirūn

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ یَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِیهِۖ فَلۡیَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٣٨

Have they any ladder to climb up to heaven and listen directly to their Lord [as they deny the authenticity of the message relayed to them by the Messenger]. If so, what have they heard? Do they have any proof

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

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ۝٣٩

If they claim to hear from God, how come they assign daughters to God while they kill their own daughters as it is beneath their “dignity” to have nothing but son

am lahu l-banātu walakumu l-banūn

أَمۡ تَسۡءَلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ۝٤٠

Does our prophet ask for a wage for his mission that they are afraid of paying for him

am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūn

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبُ فَهُمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ ۝٤١

Do they have the knowledge of the unseen realities that they flatly refuse it

am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn

أَمۡ یُرِیدُونَ كَیۡدࣰاۖ فَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِیدُونَ ۝٤٢

Do they constantly devise secret plots against our prophet? Let them know that those who devise devilish plots, their plots always backfires

am yurīdūna kaydan fa-alladhīna kafarū humu l-makīdūn

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَـٰهٌ غَیۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا یُشۡرِكُونَ ۝٤٣

Do they have any other God beside God? Glory to God, far above having a partner

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

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ كِسۡفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ سَاقِطࣰا یَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ ۝٤٤

Even a great miracle such as falling a part of the sky will be justified by them as “a mass of cloud advancing.”

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

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی فِیهِ یُصۡعَقُونَ ۝٤٥

So let them in their disbelief till the Day that they will be struck down

fadharhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī fīhi yuṣ'ʿaqūn

یَوۡمَ لَا یُغۡنِی عَنۡهُمۡ كَیۡدُهُمۡ شَیۡءࣰا وَلَا هُمۡ یُنصَرُونَ ۝٤٦

On that day their plots will not protect them; nothing will protect them

yawma lā yugh'nī ʿanhum kayduhum shayan walā hum yunṣarūn

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

Even before that Day, they will be subject to misfortunes without understanding it

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

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

Be patient till you are given the victory. God is watching over His Prophet. Glorify and praise your Lord when you wake up

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

وَمِنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٤٩

Also glorify Him at night as well as at the retreat of stars [before dawn]

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

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