Total Verses : 49
Revealed At : MAKKA

Verse:001
Dr. Mohsin : By the Tur (Mount);
Pickthal : By the Mount,
Yusuf Ali : By the Mount (of Revelation);


Verse:002
Dr. Mohsin : And by the Book Inscribed.
Pickthal : And a Scripture inscribed
Yusuf Ali : By a Decree Inscribed


Verse:003
Dr. Mohsin : In parchment unrolled.
Pickthal : On fine parchment unrolled,
Yusuf Ali : In a Scroll unfolded;


Verse:004
Dr. Mohsin : And by the Al Bait-ul-Ma'mûr[] (the house over the heavens parallel to the Ka'bah at Makkah, continuously visited by the angels);
Pickthal : And the House frequented,
Yusuf Ali : By the much-frequented Fane;


Verse:005
Dr. Mohsin : And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).
Pickthal : And the roof exalted,
Yusuf Ali : By the Canopy Raised High;


Verse:006
Dr. Mohsin : And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).
Pickthal : And the sea kept filled,
Yusuf Ali : And by the Ocean filled with Swell―


Verse:007
Dr. Mohsin : Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass,
Pickthal : Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
Yusuf Ali : Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass―


Verse:008
Dr. Mohsin : There is none that can avert it;
Pickthal : There is none that can ward it off.
Yusuf Ali : There is none can avert it―


Verse:009
Dr. Mohsin : On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,
Pickthal : On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
Yusuf Ali : On the day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.


Verse:010
Dr. Mohsin : And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.
Pickthal : And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
Yusuf Ali : And the mountain will fly hither and thither.


Verse:011
Dr. Mohsin : Then woe that Day to the beliers;[]
Pickthal : Then woe that day unto the deniers
Yusuf Ali : Then woe that Day to those that treat (truth) as Falsehood―


Verse:012
Dr. Mohsin : Who are playing in falsehood[].
Pickthal : Who play in talk of grave matters;
Yusuf Ali : That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.


Verse:013
Dr. Mohsin : The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing.
Pickthal : The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
Yusuf Ali : That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.


Verse:014
Dr. Mohsin : This is the Fire which you used to belie.
Pickthal : (And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
Yusuf Ali : "This" it will be said "is the Fire― which ye were wont to deny!


Verse:015
Dr. Mohsin : Is this magic, or do you not see?
Pickthal : Is this magic, or do ye not see?
Yusuf Ali : "Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?


Verse:016
Dr. Mohsin : Taste you therein its heat, and whether you are patient of it or impatient of it, it is all the same. You are only being requited for what you used to do.
Pickthal : 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.
Yusuf Ali : "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."


Verse:017
Dr. Mohsin : Verily, the Muttaqûn (pious - see V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.
Pickthal : Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
Yusuf Ali : As to the Righteous they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness―


Verse:018
Dr. Mohsin : Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them, and (the fact that) their Lord saved them from the torment of the blazing Fire.
Pickthal : Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire.
Yusuf Ali : Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.


Verse:019
Dr. Mohsin : "Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."
Pickthal : (And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
Yusuf Ali : (To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds."


Verse:020
Dr. Mohsin : They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to Hûr (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes.[]
Pickthal : Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
Yusuf Ali : 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.


Verse:021
Dr. Mohsin : And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in Faith, to them shall We join their offspring, and We shall not decrease the reward of their deeds in anything. Every person is a pledge for that which he has earned.
Pickthal : 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.
Yusuf Ali : 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.


Verse:022
Dr. Mohsin : And We shall provide them with fruit and meat, such as they desire.
Pickthal : And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
Yusuf Ali : And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire.


Verse:023
Dr. Mohsin : There they shall pass from hand to hand a (wine) cup, free from any Laghw (dirty, false, evil vagin talk between them), and free from sin[] (because it will be lawful for them to drink).
Pickthal : There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
Yusuf Ali : They shall there exchange, one with another, a cup free of frivolity, free of all taint of ill.


Verse:024
Dr. Mohsin : And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved pearls.
Pickthal : And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
Yusuf Ali : Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, youths (handsome) as Pearls well-guarded.


Verse:025
Dr. Mohsin : And some of them draw near to others, questioning.
Pickthal : And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
Yusuf Ali : They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.


Verse:026
Dr. Mohsin : Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid (of the punishment of Allâh) in the midest of our families.
Pickthal : Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
Yusuf Ali : They will say: "Aforetime, We were not without fear for the sake of our people.


Verse:027
Dr. Mohsin : "So Allâh has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.
Pickthal : But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
Yusuf Ali : "But Allah has been good to us and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind.


Verse:028
Dr. Mohsin : "Verily, We used to invoke Him (Alone and none else) before. Verily, He is Al¬Barr (the Most Subtle, Kind, Courteous, and Generous), the Most Merciful."[]
Pickthal : Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
Yusuf Ali : "Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent the Merciful"


Verse:029
Dr. Mohsin : Therefore, remind (mankind of Islâmic Monotheism, O Muhammad SAW). By the Grace of Allâh, you are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.
Pickthal : Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
Yusuf Ali : 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.


Verse:030
Dr. Mohsin : Or do they say: "(Muhammad SAW is) a poet! We await for him some calamity by time.!"
Pickthal : Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time?
Yusuf Ali : Or do they say― "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"


Verse:031
Dr. Mohsin : Say (O Muhammad SAW to them): "Wait! I am with you, among the waiters!"
Pickthal : Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.
Yusuf Ali : Say thou: "Await ye!― I too will wait along with you!"


Verse:032
Dr. Mohsin : Do their minds command them this [i.e. to tell a lie against you (Muhammad SAW)] or are they people transgressing all the bounds?
Pickthal : Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk?
Yusuf Ali : Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?


Verse:033
Dr. Mohsin : Or do they say: "He (Muhammad SAW) has forged it (this Qur'ân)?" Nay! They believe not!
Pickthal : Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe!
Yusuf Ali : Or do they say "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!


Verse:034
Dr. Mohsin : Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'ân) if they are truthful.
Pickthal : Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
Yusuf Ali : Let them then produce a recital like unto it― if (it be) they speak the Truth!


Verse:035
Dr. Mohsin : Were they created by nothing? or were they themselves the creators?
Pickthal : Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?
Yusuf Ali : Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?


Verse:036
Dr. Mohsin : Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.
Pickthal : Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
Yusuf Ali : Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.


Verse:037
Dr. Mohsin : Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?
Pickthal : Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)?
Yusuf Ali : Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)?


Verse:038
Dr. Mohsin : Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.
Pickthal : Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
Yusuf Ali : 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.


Verse:039
Dr. Mohsin : Or has He (Allâh) only daughters and you have sons?
Pickthal : Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?
Yusuf Ali : Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?


Verse:040
Dr. Mohsin : Or is it that you (O Muhammad SAW) ask a wage from them (for your preaching of Islâmic Monotheism) so that they are burdened with a load of debt?
Pickthal : Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt?
Yusuf Ali : Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?―


Verse:041
Dr. Mohsin : Or that the Ghaib (unseen) is with them, and they write it down?
Pickthal : Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down?
Yusuf Ali : Or that the Unseen is in their hands, and they write it down?


Verse:042
Dr. Mohsin : Or do they intend a plot (against you O Muhammad SAW)? But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allâh — Islâmic Monotheism) are themselves plotted against!
Pickthal : Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
Yusuf Ali : Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!


Verse:043
Dr. Mohsin : Or have they an ilâh (a god) other than Allâh? Glorified is Allâh from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him)[]
Pickthal : Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
Yusuf Ali : Or have they a god other then Allah? Exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him!


Verse:044
Dr. Mohsin : And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
Pickthal : And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
Yusuf Ali : Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "clouds gathered in heaps!"


Verse:045
Dr. Mohsin : So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror).
Pickthal : Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken,
Yusuf Ali : So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror)―


Verse:046
Dr. Mohsin : The Day when their plotting shall not avail them at all nor will they be helped (i.e. they will receive their torment in Hell).
Pickthal : A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.
Yusuf Ali : The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them.


Verse:047
Dr. Mohsin : And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment (i.e. the torment in this world and in their graves)[] before this, but most of them know not. [Tafsir At-Tabarî]
Pickthal : And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
Yusuf Ali : And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment besides this: but most of them understand not.


Verse:048
Dr. Mohsin : So wait patiently (O Muhammad SAW) for the Decision of your Lord, for verily, you are under Our Eyes[] , and glorify the Praises of your Lord when you get up from sleep.
Pickthal : 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,
Yusuf Ali : 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.


Verse:049
Dr. Mohsin : And in the night-time, also glorify His Praises — and at the setting of the stars.[]
Pickthal : And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.
Yusuf Ali : And for part of the night also praise thou Him― and at the retreat of the stars!