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Translation of the meanings Surah: At-Toor   Ayah:
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At-Toor

Ayah: 1

وَٱلطُّورِ
1. (I swear) by the Mount (Sinai)¹,
1. I.e., where Allāh spoke to Moses.
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Ayah: 2

وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ
2. And by a Book Inscribed (this Qur’an),
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Ayah: 3

فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ
3. In a parchment spread,
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Ayah: 4

وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ
4. (I swear) by the House² frequently visited ,
2. I.e., the House of worship above the Ka’bah in the heavens, or the Ka’bah in Makkah.
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Ayah: 5

وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ
5. And by the roof raised high (the sky),
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Ayah: 6

وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ
6. And (by) the sea set on fire,
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Ayah: 7

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ
7. Indeed, the torment of your Lord will inevitably occur;
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Ayah: 8

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ
8. there is none who can avert it. 
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Ayah: 9

يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا
9. The Day when the heaven will rotate with (great) rotating.
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Ayah: 10

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا
10. And the mountains will move away moving (as clouds and scattered dust).
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Ayah: 11

فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
11. So woe on that Day to the deniers (of the Truth),
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Ayah: 12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ
12. those who amuse themselves in falsehood.
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Ayah: 13

يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا
13. The Day on which they will be thrust to the Fire of Gehinnom with (terrible) thrusting, (and will be told):
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Ayah: 14

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
14. This is the Hellfire which you used to deny.
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Ayah: 15

أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
15. So, is this magic, or you do not see?
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Ayah: 16

ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
16. 'Enter to' burn therein, then be patient, or impatient, it is all the same for you; you are only being recompensed for what you used to do 'of evil'.
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Ayah: 17

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ
17. Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and Bliss,
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Ayah: 18

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
18. Rejoicing of what their Lord 'Allāh' has given them, and their Lord has saved them from the suffering of the Hellfire.
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Ayah: 19

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
19. "Eat and drink pleasantly for what you used to do 'of good deeds'."
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Ayah: 20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ
20. Reclining on thrones 'neatly' lined up, and We shall couple them with beautiful maidens with wide, lovely eyes.
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Ayah: 21

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞ
21. As for those who believe and whose offspring follow them in faith, We shall join them with their offspring and We shall not deprive them of anything of their 'good' deeds. Every person is held responsible for that which he has earned.
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Ayah: 22

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ
22. We shall provide them with fruits and meat such as they desire.
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Ayah: 23

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞ
23. They will pass around to one another a cup of unintoxicating wine free from vile talk or sin.
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Ayah: 24

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ
24. There will circulate among them 'servant' boys reserved for them, as if they were preserved pearls.
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Ayah: 25

وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
25. They will approach one another asking each other³.
3. About their worldly lives and what admitted them to Paradise.
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Ayah: 26

قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ
26. Saying: "We were before among our families fearful 'of Allah´s displeasure'."
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Ayah: 27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
27. So Allāh conferred favor upon us, and spared us from the torment of the scorching Fire.
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Ayah: 28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
28. We used to invoke Allāh (alone and none else). For He is the Most Kind, Most Merciful.
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Ayah: 29

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ
29. So 'continue to' remind 'them', for you are not, by the Favor of 'Allāh' your Lord, a soothsayer or one out of his mind.
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Ayah: 30

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ
30. Or do they say: 'He is' a poet, for whom we wait a calamity by time.
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Ayah: 31

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
31. Say: "Keep waiting, for I am too with you of those who wait 'yours'."
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Ayah: 32

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ
32. Or do their minds command them this 'to tell a lie against you'? Or are they a transgressing people?
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Ayah: 33

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
33. Or do they say: "He has invented it 'this Qur’an'?" Rather, they do not believe.
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Ayah: 34

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ
34. Then let them produce a 'Divine' statement like it 'this Qur’an' if they are truthful.
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Ayah: 35

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ
35. Have they been created from nothing, or are they the creators (of themselves)?
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Ayah: 36

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ
36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
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Ayah: 37

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ
37. Have they the treasures of 'Allāh' your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority?
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Ayah: 38

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ
38. Have they a stairway 'into the heaven' by which they eavesdrop? Then let their listener bring some compelling proof.
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Ayah: 39

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ
39. Or has He daughters 'as you claim', while you have sons?
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Ayah: 40

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ
40. Or do you 'O Muhammad' ask them for a payment 'for the Message' so that they are overburdened by debt?
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Ayah: 41

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ
41. Or have they 'access to the Master Record in' the unseen, so that they write it down?
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Ayah: 42

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ
42. Or do they intend a plot 'against you O Prophet'? But the deniers are the ones trapped in the plot.
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Ayah: 43

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ
43. Or have they a god other than Allāh? Glory be to Allāh and exalted be He above all that they ascribe as partners (to Him in worship).
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Ayah: 44

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ
44. Even if they were to see a piece of the sky falling down 'upon them', still they would say: "Just a piled clouds."
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Ayah: 45

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ
45. So leave them alone till they face their Day in which they will be stunned 'from dread'.
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Ayah: 46

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ
46. The Day on which their guile will not avail them anything, nor they will be helped.
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Ayah: 47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
47. And verily, for those who commit iniquity (by worshiping other than Allāh) there is another torment besides that⁴, but most of them do not know.
4. I.e., the torment in this world and in their graves.
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Ayah: 48

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
48. So be patient for the judgement of your Lord, for you are under Our 'watchful' Eyes⁵. Glorify 'Allah' your Lord with praise⁶ when you rise up⁷.
5. I.e., Under Our Care and Protection.
6. That is to say: 'subhānallāhi wabihamdihi, (glory be to Allāh and all praise is due to Him).'
7. From your sleeping place or sitting place or when you get up to perform the noon (Dhuhr) and afternoon (Asr) prayers.
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Ayah: 49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ
49. And during the night⁸, glorify Him, and at the retreating of the stars⁹.
8. That is the two evening prayers, Maghrib (sunset) and Isha (after sunset) prayers.
9. I.e., the morning prayer
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