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Surah At-Tur

The Mount

Chapter 52 of 114

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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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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 · The Mount

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالطُّورِ

    By the Mount (of Revelation);

  2. Ayah 2

    وَكِتَابٍ مَّسْطُورٍ

    By a Decree inscribed

  3. Ayah 3

    فِي رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ

    In a Scroll unfolded;

  4. Ayah 4

    وَالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ

    By the much-frequented Fane;

  5. Ayah 5

    وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ

    By the Canopy Raised High;

  6. Ayah 6

    وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُورِ

    And by the Ocean filled with Swell;-

  7. Ayah 7

    إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَاقِعٌ

    Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass;-

  8. Ayah 8

    مَّا لَهُ مِن دَافِعٍ

    There is none can avert it;-

  9. Ayah 9

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ السَّمَاءُ مَوْرًا

    On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.

  10. Ayah 10

    وَتَسِيرُ الْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

    And the mountains will fly hither and thither.

  11. Ayah 11

    فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;-

  12. Ayah 12

    الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

    That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.

  13. Ayah 13

    يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا

    That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.

  14. Ayah 14

    هَـٰذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    "This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire,- which ye were wont to deny!

  15. Ayah 15

    أَفَسِحْرٌ هَـٰذَا أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    "Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?

  16. Ayah 16

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

    "Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with patience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds."

  17. Ayah 17

    إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

    As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,-

  18. Ayah 18

    فَاكِهِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ

    Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.

  19. Ayah 19

    كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    (To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds."

  20. Ayah 20

    مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

    They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes.

  21. Ayah 21

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

    And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds.

  22. Ayah 22

    وَأَمْدَدْنَاهُم بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

    And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire.

  23. Ayah 23

    يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ

    They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of frivolity, free of all taint of ill.

  24. Ayah 24

    وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

    Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as Pearls well-guarded.

  25. Ayah 25

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

    They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.

  26. Ayah 26

    قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

    They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people.

  27. Ayah 27

    فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَانَا عَذَابَ السَّمُومِ

    "But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind.

  28. Ayah 28

    إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ

    "Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful!"

  29. Ayah 29

    فَذَكِّرْ فَمَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

    Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.

  30. Ayah 30

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ رَيْبَ الْمَنُونِ

    Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"

  31. Ayah 31

    قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ الْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

    Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"

  32. Ayah 32

    أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَامُهُم بِهَـٰذَا ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

    Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?

  33. Ayah 33

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!

  34. Ayah 34

    فَلْيَأْتُوا بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ

    Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak the truth!

  35. Ayah 35

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ

    Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

  36. Ayah 36

    أَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

    Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.

  37. Ayah 37

    أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ الْمُصَيْطِرُونَ

    Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)?

  38. Ayah 38

    أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.

  39. Ayah 39

    أَمْ لَهُ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَكُمُ الْبَنُونَ

    Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?

  40. Ayah 40

    أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

    Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-

  41. Ayah 41

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?

  42. Ayah 42

    أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هُمُ الْمَكِيدُونَ

    Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!

  43. Ayah 43

    أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    Or have they a god other than Allah? Exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him!

  44. Ayah 44

    وَإِن يَرَوْا كِسْفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

    Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"

  45. Ayah 45

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

    So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror),-

  46. Ayah 46

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them.

  47. Ayah 47

    وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment besides this: But most of them understand not.

  48. Ayah 48

    وَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

    Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth,

  49. Ayah 49

    وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَارَ النُّجُومِ

    And for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat of the stars!

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