Read the surah · Surah 52
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Forty-nine verses opening on the Mount, an inscribed book on unrolled parchment, the frequented house, the raised roof and the swollen sea — and then a series of questions with no answer offered, asking whether they were created from nothing, or created themselves, or own the treasuries of their Lord.
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وَٱلطُّورِ
Easy-read (simplified)wat-toor
DIN 31635waṭ-ṭūri
By the Mount.
By the Mount
By the mount
BY the MOUNTAIN
By the mountain of Sinai
وَكِتَٰبٍ مَّسْطُورٍ
Easy-read (simplified)wakitaabin mastoor
DIN 31635wakitābin masṭūrin
And a Book inscribed.
And a Scripture inscribed
by the Book inscribed
And by the Book written
and by the book written
فِى رَقٍّ مَّنشُورٍ
Easy-read (simplified)fee raqqin manshoor
DIN 31635fī raqqin manšūrin
The translators word this verse differently
In a published scroll.
On fine parchment unrolled
upon an outstretched vellum
On an outspread roll
in an expanded scroll
وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-bayti l-ma'moor
DIN 31635wal-bayti l-maʿmūri
And the frequented House.
And the House frequented
by the frequented house
And by the frequented fane
and by the visited house
وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ
Easy-read (simplified)was-saqfi l-marfoo'
DIN 31635was-saqfi l-marfūʿi
And the elevated roof.
And the roof exalted
by the elevated roof
And by the lofty vault
and by the elevated roof of heaven
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-bahri l-masjoor
DIN 31635wal-baḥri l-masǧūri
And the seething sea.
And the sea kept filled
by the swelling sea
And by the swollen sea
and by the swelling ocean
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
Easy-read (simplified)inna 'adhaaba rabbika lawaaqi'
DIN 31635ʾinna ʿaḏāba rabbika lawāqiʿun
The translators word this verse differently
The punishment of your Lord is coming.
Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass
verily, the torment of thy Lord will come to pass
Verily, a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent
Verily the punishment of thy Lord will surely descend
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ
Easy-read (simplified)maa lahu min daafi'
DIN 31635mā lahu min dāfiʿin
The translators word this verse differently
There is nothing to avert it.
There is none that can ward it off
there is none to avert it
And none shall put it back
there shall be none to withhold it
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا
Easy-read (simplified)yawma tamooru s-samaa'u mawraa
DIN 31635yawma tamūru s-samāʾu mawran
The translators word this verse differently
On the Day when the heaven sways in agitation.
On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving
The day when the heavens shall reel about
Reeling on that day the Heaven shall reel
On that day the heaven shall be shaken, and shall reel
وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا
Easy-read (simplified)wataseeru l-jibaalu sayraa
DIN 31635watasīru l-ǧibālu sayran
And the mountains go into motion.
And the mountains move away with (awful) movement
and the mountains shall move about
And stirring shall the mountains stir
and the mountains shall walk and pass away
فَوَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)fawaylun yawma'idhin lilmukadhdhibeen
DIN 31635fawaylun yawmaʾiḏin lilmukaḏḏibīna
Woe on that Day to the deniers.
Then woe that day unto the deniers
then woe upon that day to those who call (the apostles) liars
And woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars
And on that day woe be unto those who accused God's apostles of imposture
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)alladheena hum fee khawdin yal'aboon
DIN 31635allaḏīna hum fī ḫawḍin yalʿabūna
The translators word this verse differently
Those who play with speculation.
Who play in talk of grave matters
who plunge into discussion for a sport
Who plunged for pastime into vain disputes
who amused themselves in wading in vain disputes
يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا
Easy-read (simplified)yawma yuda''oona ilaa naari jahannama da''aa
DIN 31635yawma yudaʿʿūna ʾilā nāri ǧahannama daʿʿan
The Day when they are shoved into the Fire of Hell forcefully.
The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
On the day when they shall be thrust away into the fire of hell
On that day shall they be thrust with thrusting to the fire of Hell
On that day shall they be driven and thrust into the fire of hell
هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)haadhihi n-naaru llatee kuntum bihaa tukadhdhiboon
DIN 31635hāḏihi n-nāru llatī kuntum bihā tukaḏḏibūna
"This is the Fire which you used to deny.
(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny
This is the fire, the which ye used to call a lie
This is the fire which ye treated as a lie
and it shall be said unto them, this is the fire which ye denied as a fiction
أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)afasihrun haadhaa am antum laa tubsiroon
DIN 31635ʾafasiḥrun hāḏā ʾam ʾantum lā tubṣirūna
Is this magic, or do you not see?
Is this magic, or do ye not see
Is it magic, this? or can ye not see
What! is this magic, then? or, do ye not see it
Is this a magic illusion? Or do ye not see
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)islawhaa fasbiroo aw laa tasbiroo sawaa'un 'alaykum innamaa tujzawna maa kuntum ta'maloon
DIN 31635iṣlawhā faṣbirū ʾaw lā taṣbirū sawāʾun ʿalaykum ʾinnamā tuǧzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna
The translators word this verse differently
Burn in it. Whether you are patient, or impatient, it is the same for you. You are only being repaid for what you used to do."
Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do
broil ye therein, and be patient thereof or be not patient, it is the same to you: ye are but rewarded for that which ye did do
Burn ye therein: bear it patiently or impatiently 'twill be the same to you: for ye shall assuredly receive the reward of your doings
Enter the same to be scorched: Whether ye bear your torments patiently, or impatiently, it will be equal unto you: Ye shall surely receive the reward of that which ye have wrought
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)inna l-muttaqeena fee jannaatin wana'eem
DIN 31635ʾinna l-muttaqīna fī ǧannātin wanaʿīmin
The translators word this verse differently
But the righteous will be amid gardens and bliss.
Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight
Verily, the pious (shall be) in gardens and pleasure
But mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God
But the pious shall dwell amidst gardens and pleasures
فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Easy-read (simplified)faakiheena bimaa aataahum rabbuhum wawaqaahum rabbuhum 'adhaaba l-jaheem
DIN 31635fākihīna bimā ʾātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum ʿaḏāba l-ǧaḥīmi
Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord has spared them the suffering of Hell.
Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire
enjoying what their Lord has given them; for their Lord will save them from the torment of hell
Rejoicing in what their Lord hath given them; and that from the pain of hell-fire hath their Lord preserved them
delighting themselves in what their Lord shall have given them: And their Lord shall deliver them from the pains of hell
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)kuloo washraboo hanee'an bimaa kuntum ta'maloon
DIN 31635kulū wašrabū hanīʾan bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
The translators word this verse differently
Eat and drink happily, for what you used to do.
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do
Eat and drink with good digestion, for that which ye have done
Eat and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds
And it shall be said unto them, eat and drink with easy digestion; because of that which ye have wrought
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ
Easy-read (simplified)muttaki'eena 'alaa sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnaahum bihoorin 'een
DIN 31635muttakiʾīna ʿalā sururin maṣfūfatin wazawwaǧnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin
The translators word this verse differently
Relaxing on luxurious furnishings; and We will couple them with gorgeous spouses.
Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes
Reclining on couches in rows; and we will wed them to large-eyed maids
On couches ranged in rows shall they recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them
Leaning on couches disposed in order: And We will espouse them unto virgins having large black eyes
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ
Easy-read (simplified)walladheena aamanoo waattaba'athum dhurriyyatuhum bi'eemaanin alhaqnaa bihim dhurriyyatahum wamaa alatnaahum min 'amalihim min shay'in kullu mri'in bimaa kasaba raheen
DIN 31635wallaḏīna ʾāmanū wāttabaʿathum ḏurriyyatuhum biʾīmānin ʾalḥaqnā bihim ḏurriyyatahum wamā ʾalatnāhum min ʿamalihim min šayʾin kullu mriʾin bimā kasaba rahīnun
Those who believed and their offspring followed them in faith-We will unite them with their offspring, and We will not deprive them of any of their works. Every person is hostage to what he has earned.
And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned
And those who believe and whose seed follows them in the faith, we will unite their seed with them; and we will not cheat them of their work at all;- every man is pledged for what he earns
And to those who have believed, whose offspring have followed them in the faith, will we again unite their offspring; nor of the meed of their works will we in the least defraud them. Pledged to God is every man for his actions and their desert
And unto those who believe, and whose off-spring follow them in the faith, We will join their off-spring in paradise: And We will not diminish unto them ought of the merit of their works. -- Every man is given in pledge for that which he shall have wrought
وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'amdadnaahum bifaakihatin walahmin mimmaa yashtahoon
DIN 31635waʾamdadnāhum bifākihatin walaḥmin mimmā yaštahūna
And We will supply them with fruit, and meat; such as they desire.
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire
And we will extend to them fruit and flesh such as they like
And fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire
And we will give them fruits in abundance, and flesh of the kinds which they shall desire
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)yatanaaza'oona feehaa ka'san laa laghwun feehaa walaa ta'theem
DIN 31635yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kaʾsan lā laġwun fīhā walā taʾṯīmun
The translators word this verse differently
They will exchange therein a cup; wherein is neither harm, nor sin.
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin
They shall pass to and fro therein a cup in which is neither folly nor sin
Therein shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no light discourse, no motive to sin
They shall present unto one another therein a cup of wine, wherein there shall be no vain discourse, nor any incitement unto wickedness
وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
Easy-read (simplified)wayatoofu 'alayhim ghilmaanun lahum ka'annahum lu'lu'un maknoon
DIN 31635wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim ġilmānun lahum kaʾannahum luʾluʾun maknūnun
The translators word this verse differently
Serving them will be youths like hidden pearls.
And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls
And round them shall go boys of theirs, as though they were hidden pearls
And youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls
And youths appointed to attend them, shall go round them: Beautiful as pearls hidden in their shell
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'din yatasaa'aloon
DIN 31635waʾaqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāʾalūna
The translators word this verse differently
And they will approach one another, inquiring.
And some of them draw near unto others, questioning
And they shall accost each other and ask questions
And shall accost one another and ask mutual questions
And they shall approach unto one another, and shall ask mutual questions
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo innaa kunnaa qablu fee ahlinaa mushfiqeen
DIN 31635qālū ʾinnā kunnā qablu fī ʾahlinā mušfiqīna
The translators word this verse differently
They will say, "Before this, we were fearful for our families.
Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious
and shall say, 'Verily, we were before amidst our families shrinking with terror
A time indeed there was," will they say, "when we were full of care as to the future lot of our families
And they shall say, verily we were heretofore amidst our family, in great dread with regard to our state after death
فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
Easy-read (simplified)famanna llaahu 'alaynaa wawaqaanaa 'adhaaba s-samoom
DIN 31635famanna llāhu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿaḏāba s-samūmi
But God blessed us, and spared us the agony of the Fiery Winds.
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire
but God has been gracious to us and saved us from the torment of the hot blast
But kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he preserved us
But God hath been gracious unto us, and hath delivered us from the pain of burning fire
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Easy-read (simplified)innaa kunnaa min qablu nad'oohu innahu huwa l-barru r-raheem
DIN 31635ʾinnā kunnā min qablu nadʿūhu ʾinnahu huwa l-barru r-raḥīmu
Before this, we used to pray to Him. He is the Good, the Compassionate."
Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful
Verily, we used to call on Him before; verily, He is the righteous, the compassionate
For, heretofore we called upon Him - and He is the Beneficent, the Merciful
For we called on him heretofore; and he is the beneficent, the merciful
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ
Easy-read (simplified)fadhakkir famaa anta bini'mati rabbika bikaahinin walaa majnoon
DIN 31635faḏakkir famā ʾanta biniʿmati rabbika bikāhinin walā maǧnūnin
So remind. By the grace of your Lord, you are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman
Wherefore do thou remind them: for thou art, by the favour of thy Lord, neither a soothsayer nor mad
Warn thou, then. For thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither soothsayer nor possessed
Wherefore do thou, O prophet, admonish thy people. Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, a soothsayer, or a madman
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ
Easy-read (simplified)am yaqooloona shaa'irun natarabbasu bihi rayba l-manoon
DIN 31635ʾam yaqūlūna šāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihi rayba l-manūni
The translators word this verse differently
Or do they say, "A poet-we await for him a calamity of time"?
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time
Will they say, 'A poet; we wait for him the sad accidents of fate
Will they say, "A poet! let us await some adverse turn of his fortune
Do they say, he is a poet: We wait, concerning him, some adverse turn of fortune
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)qul tarabbasoo fa'innee ma'akum mina l-mutarabbiseen
DIN 31635qul tarabbaṣū faʾinnī maʿakum mina l-mutarabbiṣīna
The translators word this verse differently
Say, "Go on waiting; I will be waiting with you."
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant
Say, 'Wait ye then; for I too am of those who wait
SAY, wait ye, and in sooth I too will wait with you
Say, wait ye my ruin: Verily I wait, with you, the time of your destruction
أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am ta'muruhum ahlaamuhum bihaadhaa am hum qawmun taaghoon
DIN 31635ʾam taʾmuruhum ʾaḥlāmuhum bihāḏā ʾam hum qawmun ṭāġūna
Or is it that their dreams compel them to this? Or are they aggressive people?
Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk
Do their dreams bid them this? or are they an outrageous people
Is it their dreams which inspire them with this? or is it that they are a perverse people
Do their mature understandings bid them say this; or are they people who perversely transgress
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal laa yu'minoon
DIN 31635ʾam yaqūlūna taqawwalahu bal lā yuʾminūna
Or do they say, "He made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe
Or will they say, 'He has invented it?' - nay, but they do not believe
Will they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?" Nay, rather it is that they believed not
Do they say, he hath forged the Koran? Verily they believe not
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)falya'too bihadeethin mithlihi in kaanoo saadiqeen
DIN 31635falyaʾtū biḥadīṯin miṯlihi ʾin kānū ṣādiqīna
So let them produce a discourse like it, if they are truthful.
Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful
But let them bring a discourse like it, if they tell the truth
Let them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth
Let them produce a discourse like unto it, if they speak truth
أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am khuliqoo min ghayri shay'in am humu l-khaaliqoon
DIN 31635ʾam ḫuliqū min ġayri šayʾin ʾam humu l-ḫāliqūna
Or were they created out of nothing? Or are they the creators?
Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators
Or were they created of nothing, or were they the creators
Were they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves
Were they created by nothing; or were they the creators of themselves
أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am khalaqoo s-samaawaati wal-'arda bal laa yooqinoon
DIN 31635ʾam ḫalaqū s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍa bal lā yūqinūna
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they are not certain.
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? - nay, but they are not sure
Created they the Heavens and Earth? Nay, rather, they have no faith
Did they create the heavens and the earth? Verily they are not firmly persuaded that God hath created them
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am 'indahum khazaa'inu rabbika am humu l-musaytiroon
DIN 31635ʾam ʿindahum ḫazāʾinu rabbika ʾam humu l-muṣayṭirūna
The translators word this verse differently
Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord? Or are they the controllers?
Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)
Or have they the treasures of thy Lord? or are they the governors supreme
Hold they thy Lord's treasures? Bear they the rule supreme
Are the stores of thy Lord in their hands? Are they the supreme dispensers of all things
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Easy-read (simplified)am lahum sullamun yastami'oona feehi falya'ti mustami'uhum bisultaanin mubeen
DIN 31635ʾam lahum sullamun yastamiʿūna fīhi falyaʾti mustamiʿuhum bisulṭānin mubīnin
The translators word this verse differently
Or do they have a stairway by means of which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear proof.
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest
Or have they a ladder whereon they can listen?- then let their listener bring obvious authority
Have they a ladder for hearing the angels? Let any one who hath heard them bring a clear proof of it
Have they a ladder, whereby they may ascend to heaven, and hear the discourses of the angels? Let one, therefore, who hath heard them, produce an evident proof thereof
أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am lahu l-banaatu walakumu l-banoon
DIN 31635ʾam lahu l-banātu walakumu l-banūna
Or for Him the daughters, and for you the sons?
Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons
Has He daughters, while ye have sons
Hath God daughters and ye sons
Hath God daughters, and have ye sons
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am tas'aluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloon
DIN 31635ʾam tasʾaluhum ʾaǧran fahum min maġramin muṯqalūna
The translators word this verse differently
Or do you demand a payment from them, and they are burdened by debt?
Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt
Or dost thou ask them a hire, while they are borne down by debt
Asketh thou pay of them? they are themselves weighed down with debts
Dost thou ask them a reward for thy preaching? But they are laden with debts
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am 'indahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktuboon
DIN 31635ʾam ʿindahumu l-ġaybu fahum yaktubūna
The translators word this verse differently
Or do they know the future, and they are writing it down?
Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down
Or have they the unseen, so that they write it down
Have they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them down
Are the secrets of futurity with them; and do they transcribe the same from the table of God's decrees
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am yureedoona kaydan falladheena kafaroo humu l-makeedoon
DIN 31635ʾam yurīdūna kaydan fallaḏīna kafarū humu l-makīdūna
The translators word this verse differently
Or are they planning a conspiracy? The conspiracy will befall the disbelievers.
Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared
Or do they desire a plot? - but those who misbelieve it is who are plotted against
Desire they to lay snares for thee? But the snared ones shall be they who do not believe
Do they seek to lay a plot against thee? But the unbelievers are they who shall be circumvented
أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)am lahum ilaahun ghayru llaahi subhaana llaahi 'ammaa yushrikoon
DIN 31635ʾam lahum ʾilāhun ġayru llāhi subḥāna llāhi ʿammā yušrikūna
The translators word this verse differently
Or do they have a god besides God? God transcends what they associate.
Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)
Or have they a god beside God? celebrated be God's praises above what they join with Him
Have they any God beside God? Glory be to God above what they join with Him
Have they any god, besides God? Far be God exalted above the idols which they associate with Him
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'in yaraw kisfan mina s-samaa'i saaqitan yaqooloo sahaabun markoom
DIN 31635waʾin yaraw kisfan mina s-samāʾi sāqiṭan yaqūlū saḥābun markūmun
Even if they were to see lumps of the sky falling down, they would say, "A mass of clouds."
And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds
But if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, 'Clouds in masses
And should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It is only a dense cloud
If they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down upon them, they would say, it is only a thick cloud
فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)fadharhum hattaa yulaaqoo yawmahumu lladhee feehi yus'aqoon
DIN 31635faḏarhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu llaḏī fīhi yuṣʿaqūna
The translators word this verse differently
So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be stunned.
Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken
But leave them till they meet that day of theirs whereon they shall swoon
Leave them then until they come face to face with the day when they shall swoon away
Wherefore leave them, until they arrive at their day wherein they shall swoon for fear
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)yawma laa yughnee 'anhum kayduhum shay'an walaa hum yunsaroon
DIN 31635yawma lā yuġnī ʿanhum kayduhum šayʾan walā hum yunṣarūna
The Day when their ploys will avail them nothing; and they will not be helped.
A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped
the day when their plotting shall avail them naught, and they shall not be helped
A day in which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall they be helped
A day, in which their subtle contrivances shall not avail them at all, neither shall they be protected
وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'inna lilladheena zalamoo 'adhaaban doona dhaalika walaakinna aktharahum laa ya'lamoon
DIN 31635waʾinna lillaḏīna ẓalamū ʿaḏāban dūna ḏālika walākinna ʾakṯarahum lā yaʿlamūna
For those who do wrong, there is a punishment besides that; but most of them do not know.
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not
And, verily, there is a torment beside that for those who do wrong; but most of them do not know
And verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evildoers: but most of them know it not
And those who act unjustly shall surely suffer another punishment besides this: But the greater part of them do not understand
وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Easy-read (simplified)wasbir lihukmi rabbika fa'innaka bi'a'yuninaa wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoom
DIN 31635waṣbir liḥukmi rabbika faʾinnaka biʾaʿyuninā wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika ḥīna taqūmu
So patiently await the decision of your Lord, for you are before Our Eyes; and proclaim the praises of your Lord when you arise.
So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest
But wait thou patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eyes. And celebrate the praises of thy Lord what time thou risest
Wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eye; and celebrate the praise of thy Lord when thou risest up
And wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord concerning them; for thou art in our eye: And celebrate the praise of thy Lord, when thou risest up
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ
Easy-read (simplified)wamina llayli fasabbihhu wa'idbaara n-nujoom
DIN 31635wamina llayli fasabbiḥhu waʾidbāra n-nuǧūmi
And glorify Him during the night, and at the receding of the stars.
And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars
and in the night, and at the fading of the stars
And in the night-season: Praise him when the stars are setting
and praise Him in the night-season, and when the stars begin to disappear
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