The Mount, The Mountain — Rashad Khalifa Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Success of the Faithful

وَٱلطُّورِ ۝١

وَكِتَـٰبࣲ مَّسۡطُورࣲ ۝٢

The recorded scripture.

wakitābin masṭūri

فِی رَقࣲّ مَّنشُورࣲ ۝٣

Published in books.

fī raqqin manshūri

وَٱلۡبَیۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ ۝٤

The frequented Shrine.

wal-bayti l-maʿmūr

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ۝٥

The exalted ceiling.

wal-saqfi l-marfūʿ

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ ۝٦

The sea that is set aflame.

wal-baḥri l-masjūr

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَ ٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

Your Lord's requital is unavoidable.

inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿu

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ ۝٨

No force in the universe can stop it.

mā lahu min dāfiʿi

یَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ مَوۡرࣰا ۝٩

The day will come when the sky will violently thunder.

yawma tamūru l-samāu mawra

وَتَسِیرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَیۡرࣰا ۝١٠

The mountains will be wiped out.

watasīru l-jibālu sayra

فَوَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١١

Woe on that day to the disbelievers -

fawaylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی خَوۡضࣲ یَلۡعَبُونَ ۝١٢

who are in their blundering, heedless.

alladhīna hum fī khawḍin yalʿabūn

یَوۡمَ یُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ۝١٣

They will be herded into Gehenna, forcibly.

yawma yudaʿʿūna ilā nāri jahannama daʿʿa

هَـٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِی كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٤

This is the Fire in which you used to disbelieve.

hādhihi l-nāru allatī kuntum bihā tukadhibūn

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَـٰذَاۤ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝١٥

Is this magic, or do you not see?

afasiḥ'run hādhā am antum lā tub'ṣirūn

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

Suffer the burning. Whether you are patient or impatient, it will be the same for you. This is the just requital for what you did.

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

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِینَ فِی جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَعِیمࣲ ۝١٧

The righteous have deserved gardens and bliss.

inna l-mutaqīna fī jannātin wanaʿīmi

فَـٰكِهِینَ بِمَاۤ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ۝١٨

They enjoy what their Lord has reserved for them; their Lord has spared them the retribution of Hell.

fākihīna bimā ātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīm

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٩

Eat and drink happily, in return for your works.

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

مُتَّكِءِینَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ ۝٢٠

They relax on luxurious furnishings, and we match them with beautiful spouses.

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

For those who believed, and their children also followed them in belief, we will have their children join them. We never fail to reward them for any work. Every person is paid for what he did.

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

We will supply them with fruits and meats that they love.

wa-amdadnāhum bifākihatin walaḥmin mimmā yashtahūn

یَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِیهَا كَأۡسࣰا لَّا لَغۡوࣱ فِیهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمࣱ ۝٢٣

They will enjoy drinks that are never polluted, and never sinful to drink.

yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kasan lā laghwun fīhā walā tathīmu

۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ ۝٢٤

Serving them will be servants like protected pearls.

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

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ۝٢٥

They will meet each other and reminisce among themselves.

wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn

قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِیۤ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِینَ ۝٢٦

They will say, "We used to be kind and humble among our people.

qālū innā kunnā qablu fī ahlinā mush'fiqīn

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَیۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧

"GOD has blessed us, and has spared us the agony of ill winds.

famanna l-lahu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿadhāba l-samūm

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٢٨

"We used to implore Him; He is the Most Kind, 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

You shall remind the people. With your Lord's blessing's upon you, you are neither a soothsayer, nor crazy.

fadhakkir famā anta biniʿ'mati rabbika bikāhinin walā majnūni

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ شَاعِرࣱ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَیۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ ۝٣٠

They may say, "He is a poet; let us just wait until he is dead."

am yaqūlūna shāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihi rayba l-manūn

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّی مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِینَ ۝٣١

Say, "Go on waiting; I will wait along with you."

qul tarabbaṣū fa-innī maʿakum mina l-mutarabiṣīn

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَـٰمُهُم بِهَـٰذَاۤۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٣٢

Is it their dreams that dictate their behavior, or are they naturally wicked?

am tamuruhum aḥlāmuhum bihādhā am hum qawmun ṭāghūn

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٣٣

Do they say, "He made it all up?" Instead, they are simply disbelievers.

am yaqūlūna taqawwalahu bal lā yu'minūn

فَلۡیَأۡتُوا۟ بِحَدِیثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦۤ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٤

Let them produce a Hadith like this, if they are truthful.

falyatū biḥadīthin mith'lihi in kānū ṣādiqīn

أَمۡ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنۡ غَیۡرِ شَیۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٣٥

Were they created from nothing? Are they the creators?

am khuliqū min ghayri shayin am humu l-khāliqūn

أَمۡ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا یُوقِنُونَ ۝٣٦

Did they create the heavens and the earth? Indeed, they have no certainty.

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? Are they in control?

am ʿindahum khazāinu rabbika am humu l-muṣayṭirūn

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ یَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِیهِۖ فَلۡیَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٣٨

Do they climb a ladder that enables them to listen? Let their listeners show their proof.

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

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ۝٣٩

Does He have daughters, while you have sons?

am lahu l-banātu walakumu l-banūn

أَمۡ تَسۡءَلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ۝٤٠

Are you asking them for any wage, and they are burdened thereby?

am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūn

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبُ فَهُمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ ۝٤١

Do they know the future, and have it recorded?

am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn

أَمۡ یُرِیدُونَ كَیۡدࣰاۖ فَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِیدُونَ ۝٤٢

Are they plotting and scheming? The disbelievers' schemes backfire against them.

am yurīdūna kaydan fa-alladhīna kafarū humu l-makīdūn

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَـٰهٌ غَیۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا یُشۡرِكُونَ ۝٤٣

Do they have another god beside GOD? GOD be glorified, far above having partners.

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

وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ كِسۡفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ سَاقِطࣰا یَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ ۝٤٤

When they see masses falling from the sky, they will say, "Piled clouds!"

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

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ یُلَـٰقُوا۟ یَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِی فِیهِ یُصۡعَقُونَ ۝٤٥

Disregard them until they meet the day in which they are struck.

fadharhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu alladhī fīhi yuṣ'ʿaqūn

یَوۡمَ لَا یُغۡنِی عَنۡهُمۡ كَیۡدُهُمۡ شَیۡءࣰا وَلَا هُمۡ یُنصَرُونَ ۝٤٦

On that day, their schemes will not protect them, nor will they be helped.

yawma lā yugh'nī ʿanhum kayduhum shayan walā hum yunṣarūn

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

Those who transgress suffer retribution here, but most of them do not know.

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

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

You shall steadfastly persevere in carrying out your Lord's command - you are in our eyes - and glorify and praise your Lord when you get up.

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

وَمِنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَـٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٤٩

Also during the night glorify Him, and at dawn as the stars fade away.

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

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