Verses 1–14

وَٱلطُّورِ﴿١﴾

52:1By the Mount [Sinai],³

وَكِتَٰبٍۢ مَّسْطُورٍۢ﴿٢﴾

52:2by the Book inscribed⁴

فِى رَقٍّۢ مَّنشُورٍۢ﴿٣﴾

52:3on an unrolled parchment;

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ﴿٤﴾

52:4by the House greatly frequented;

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ﴿٥﴾

52:5by the vault raised high,

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ﴿٦﴾

52:6by the surging sea:

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ﴿٧﴾

52:7indeed your Lord’s punishment will surely befall.

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍۢ﴿٨﴾

52:8There is none who can avert it.

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًۭا﴿٩﴾

52:9On the day when the sky whirls violently,

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًۭا﴿١٠﴾

52:10and the mountains move with an awful motion:

فَوَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ﴿١١﴾

52:11woe to the deniers on that day

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍۢ يَلْعَبُونَ﴿١٢﴾

52:12—those who play around in vain talk,

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا﴿١٣﴾

52:13the day when they will be shoved forcibly toward the fire of hell, [and told:]

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ﴿١٤﴾

52:14‘This is the Fire which you used to deny!