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Surah At-Tur

El Monte

Chapter 52 of 114

Hermosa recitación del Corán

Surah At-Tur

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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About this Surah

The Surah has been so designated after the word ash-shams with which it opens.

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Surah 52 of 114

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Spanish
Recitation
Salaah Bukhaatir

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Tafsir

<h2>Name</h2>
<p>The Surah has been so designated after the word <em>ash-shams</em> with which it opens.</p>
<h2>Period of Revelation</h2>
<p>The subject matter and the style show that this Surah too was revealed in the earliest period at Makkah at a stage when opposition to the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace) had grown very strong and intense.</p>
<h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2>
<p>Its theme is to distinguish the good from the evil and to warn the people, who were refusing to understand this distinction and insisting on following the evil way, of the evil end.</p>
<p>In view of the subject matter this Surah consists of two parts. The first part consists of <a href=/91/1-10>vv. 1-10</a>, and the second of <a href=/91/11-15>vv. 11-15</a>. The first part deals with three things:</p>
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<p>That just as the sun and the moon, the day and the night, the earth and the sky, are different from each other and contradictory in their effects and results, so are the good and the evil different front each other and contradictory in their effects and results; they are neither alike in their outward appearance nor can they be alike in their results.</p>
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<p>That Allah after giving the human self powers of the body, sense and mind has not left it uninformed in the world, but has instilled into his unconscious by means of a natural inspiration the distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, and the sense of the good to be good and of the evil to be evil.</p>
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<p>That the future of man depends on how by using the powers of discrimination, will and judgment that Allah has endowed him with, he develops the good and suppresses the evil tendencies of the self. If he develops the good inclination and frees his self of the evil inclinations, he will attain to eternal success, and if, on the contrary, he suppresses the good and promotes the evil, he will meet with disappointment and failure.</p>
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<p>In the second part citing the historical precedent of the people of Thamud the significance of Prophethood has been brought out. A Messenger is raised in the world, because the inspirational knowledge of good and evil that Allah has placed in human nature, is by itself not enough for the guidance of man, but on account of his failure to understand it fully man has been proposing wrong criteria and theories of good and evil and thus going astray. That is why Allah sent down clear and definite Revelation to the Prophets (peace be upon them) to augment man's natural inspiration so that they may expound to the people as to what is good and what is evil. Likewise, the Prophet Salih (peace be upon him) was sent to the people of Thamud, but the people overwhelmed by the evil of their self, had become so rebellious that they rejected him. And when he presented before them the miracle of the she camel, as demanded by themselves, the most wretched one of them, in spite of his warning,
hamstrung it, in accordance with the will and desire of the people. Consequently, the entire tribe was overtaken by a disaster.</p>
<p>While narrating this story of the Thamud nowhere in the Surah has it been said "O people of Quraish, if you rejected your Prophet, Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings), as the Thamud had rejected theirs, you too would meet with the same fate as they met." The conditions at that time in Makkah were similar to those that had been created by the wicked among the people of Thamud against the Prophet Salih (peace be upon him). Therefore, the narration of this story in those conditions was by itself enough to suggest to the people of Makkah how precisely this historical precedent applied to them.</p>

Verse by verse

Surah At-Tur · El Monte

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالطُّورِ

    [Juro] por el monte,

  2. Ayah 2

    وَكِتَابٍ مَّسْطُورٍ

    por el Libro escrito

  3. Ayah 3

    فِي رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ

    en un pergamino desplegado,

  4. Ayah 4

    وَالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ

    por la casa frecuentada,

  5. Ayah 5

    وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ

    por la bóveda elevada,

  6. Ayah 6

    وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُورِ

    por el mar que se desborda,

  7. Ayah 7

    إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِعٌ

    que el castigo de tu Señor es inevitable

  8. Ayah 8

    مَّا لَهُ مِن دَافِعٍ

    y no hay quién lo pueda impedir.

  9. Ayah 9

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاءُ مَوْرًا

    El día que el cielo se agite intensamente

  10. Ayah 10

    وَتَسِيرُ الْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

    y las montañas se muevan,

  11. Ayah 11

    فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    ¡Cuán desdichados serán ese día los que rechazaron la verdad!,

  12. Ayah 12

    الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

    aquellos que en su ignorancia se burlaban.

  13. Ayah 13

    يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

    El día que sean empujados al fuego del Infierno,

  14. Ayah 14

    هَـٰذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    [se les dirá:] "Este es el Fuego que desmentían.

  15. Ayah 15

    أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَا أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    ¿Acaso les parece esto una hechicería, o es que no ven?

  16. Ayah 16

    اصْلَوْهَا فَاصْبِرُوا أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Entren en él, lo soporten o no, será igual. Solo se los castiga por lo que obraron".

  17. Ayah 17

    إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

    En cambio, los piadosos morarán en jardines y deleite.

  18. Ayah 18

    فَاكِهِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ

    Disfrutando lo que su Señor les conceda. Su Señor los salvó del castigo del Infierno.

  19. Ayah 19

    كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    "Coman y beban para satisfacerse, como recompensa por sus obras".

  20. Ayah 20

    مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

    Estarán recostados sobre sofás distribuidos en líneas, y los desposaremos con huríes de grandes ojos.

  21. Ayah 21

    وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَا أَلَتْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ ۚ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ

    Los creyentes y sus descendientes que los hayan seguido en la fe serán reunidos, sin que se pierda ninguna de sus obras. Toda persona es responsable de sus propias acciones.

  22. Ayah 22

    وَأَمْدَدْنَاهُم بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    Los agraciaremos con tanta fruta y carne como la que deseen.

  23. Ayah 23

    يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ

    Se pasarán unos a otros una copa que no incitará a frivolidades ni pecados.

  24. Ayah 24

    وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

    Serán rodeados por sirvientes, bellos como perlas guardadas.

  25. Ayah 25

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

    Y [los bienaventurados] se preguntarán unos a otros.

  26. Ayah 26

    قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

    Dirán: "Cuando estábamos viviendo junto a nuestra familia, teníamos temor,

  27. Ayah 27

    فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَانَا عَذَابَ السَّمُومِ

    pero Dios nos agració y nos preservó del tormento del Fuego.

  28. Ayah 28

    إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ

    A Él le suplicábamos, pues Él es el Bondadoso, el Misericordioso".

  29. Ayah 29

    فَذَكِّرْ فَمَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

    Llama al Mensaje [¡oh, Mujámmad!], tú no eres, por la gracia de tu Señor, un adivino ni un loco.

  30. Ayah 30

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ رَيْبَ الْمَنُونِ

    O te acusan diciendo: "Es un poeta, esperemos a que le llegue la muerte".

  31. Ayah 31

    قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ الْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

    Diles: "Sigan esperando, que yo esperaré junto a ustedes".

  32. Ayah 32

    أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَامُهُم بِهَـٰذَا ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

    ¿Son sus mentes las que los llevan a decir esto o son gente que transgrede los límites?

  33. Ayah 33

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    También dicen: "Él lo ha inventado". Pero la verdad es que no creen.

  34. Ayah 34

    فَلْيَأْتُوا بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ

    ¡Que presenten ellos un libro semejante, si es verdad lo que dicen!

  35. Ayah 35

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ

    ¿Acaso surgieron de la nada o son ellos sus propios creadores?

  36. Ayah 36

    أَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

    ¿O crearon los cielos y la Tierra? No tienen certeza de nada.

  37. Ayah 37

    أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ الْمُصَيْطِرُونَ

    ¿Acaso poseen los tesoros de tu Señor o tienen autoridad absoluta?

  38. Ayah 38

    أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

    ¿O tienen una escalera para escuchar los designios de Dios? Quien de ellos logre escuchar, que traiga una prueba clara.

  39. Ayah 39

    أَمْ لَهُ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَكُمُ الْبَنُونَ

    ¿Acaso a Dios Le pertenecen las hijas mujeres y a ellos los hijos varones?

  40. Ayah 40

    أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

    ¿O acaso tú [¡oh, Mujámmad!] les pides una retribución que hace que se vean abrumados por las deudas?

  41. Ayah 41

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    ¿O tienen el conocimiento de lo oculto y lo han registrado?

  42. Ayah 42

    أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هُمُ الْمَكِيدُونَ

    ¿O es que quieren tenderte una trampa? Los que se niegan a creer son quienes han caído en una trampa.

  43. Ayah 43

    أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ¿O acaso tienen otra divinidad además de Dios? ¡Glorificado sea Dios de cuanto Le asocian!

  44. Ayah 44

    وَإِن يَرَوْا كِسْفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

    Si vieran caer parte del cielo dirían: "Son solo nubes acumuladas".

  45. Ayah 45

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

    Déjalos, que ya les llegará el día en que quedarán paralizados de terror.

  46. Ayah 46

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    Ese día no los beneficiarán en nada sus argucias y nadie los auxiliará.

  47. Ayah 47

    وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Los injustos sufrirán, además de este, otros castigos, pero la mayoría no lo sabe.

  48. Ayah 48

    وَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

    Ten paciencia con los designios de tu Señor, y sabe que te encuentras bajo Mis ojos. Glorifica con alabanzas a tu Señor cuando te levantes [a orar],

  49. Ayah 49

    وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَارَ النُّجُومِ

    por la noche y al ocultarse las estrellas.

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