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The Mount 49 verses · Makkah

Topics 3
  1. The Resurrection
  2. Prophet Muḥammad’s Truth
  3. The Conclusion

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

The Resurrection

52:2

وَكِتَٰبٍۢ مَّسْطُورٍۢ ۝٢

by the written book such as the one given to MūsāS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:3

فِى رَقٍّۢ مَّنشُورٍۢ ۝٣

in a fine unrolled parchment,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:4

وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ ۝٤

by the House (Ka‘bah) that is frequently visited,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

This could also refer to the place of worship built on the first heaven and known as al-baytu ’l-ma‘mūr.

52:5

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ ۝٥

by the elevated canopy over you,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:6

وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ ۝٦

and by the swelling sea,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:7

إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ ۝٧

verily the punishment of your Lord will come to pass—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:8

مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍۢ ۝٨

there is none to avert it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:9

يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًۭا ۝٩

The day of resurrection is the day when the sky shall be in commotion,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:10

وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًۭا ۝١٠

and the mountains shall shatter, turn into dust, and fly away altogether.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:11

فَوَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ۝١١

So woe on that day to those who deny the truth;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:12

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍۢ يَلْعَبُونَ ۝١٢

those who waste time by plunging into vain discussions by describing the Prophet as a lunatic, a sorcerer, and a poet.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:13

يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ۝١٣

That is the day when they shall be pushed towards the Fire of Hell harshly, and it will be announced to them:S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:14

هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٤

“This is the Fire which you used to deny!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:15

أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝١٥

Is it magic then, or is it that you do not see?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:16

ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۝١٦

So enter it and taste it: whether you bear it patiently or don’t bear it patiently, it is the same to you—what you are getting is nothing but the recompense of what you were doing in the world.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:17

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَعِيمٍۢ ۝١٧

On the other hand, verily the righteous one (who fear displeasing Allāh) will be in gardens and bounties,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:18

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝١٨

rejoicing for what their Lord had given them, and their Lord shall save them from the punishment of hell. They will be told,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:19

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيًٓٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۝١٩

“Eat and drink with enjoyment for what you used to do.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:20

مُتَّكِِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ ۝٢٠

They will be sitting on lined-up couches, and We will wed them to beautiful women of Paradise.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:21

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌۭ ۝٢١

Those who believe and their offspring who follow them in faith, We shall unite them with their offspring despite the difference in their levels, and We will not diminish to them anything of the reward of their deeds – every person is accountable for what he has earned of his deeds.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:22

وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ وَلَحْمٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ۝٢٢

And We will provide them with fruits and meat such as they desire.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:23

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًۭا لَّا لَغْوٌۭ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌۭ ۝٢٣

Therein they will pass one another a cup of a drink in which there will be neither any effect of idle talk nor any sinfulness;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:24

۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌۭ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ ۝٢٤

and young boys shall be serving them who shall be like hidden pearls.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:25

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٢٥

Of course, some of them shall turn to others questioning one another,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:26

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ ۝٢٦

saying, “We were indeed concerned before about our families and their faith,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧

but Allāh has been gracious upon us and saved us from the punishment of the hot wind of Hell.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٢٨

Surely we used to pray to Him before for He is indeed the Compassionate, the Merciful.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Muḥammad’s Truth

52:29

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍۢ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ ۝٢٩

Therefore, O Muḥammad, continue to remind the people of the reality for, by your Lord’s blessing, you are neither a soothsayer nor a lunatic. Then Allāh lists the excuses of Meccans to reject the Message:S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:30

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌۭ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ ۝٣٠

Really, do they say, “Muḥammad is a poet; we will wait out for an evil accident, i.e., death”?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:31

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ۝٣١

Say, O Muḥammad, “So wait, I shall be waiting with you.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:32

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ ۝٣٢

Really, do their intellects compel them to this idea, or are they simply being insolent?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:33

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٣٣

Really, do they say, “He has forged it (i.e., the Qur’ān)”? Rather they do not believe!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:34

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٣٤

If Muḥammad forged it, then let them bring a discourse like it, if they are true in their claim.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:35

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ ۝٣٥

Or were they created from something else unlike others, and so there are not bound by the same rules? Or are they their own creators?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:36

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ۝٣٦

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Of course, not; they have no certainty in faith.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:37

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ ۝٣٧

Or do they have your Lord’s treasures so that they may decide who gets the revelation and who does not? Or are they the guardians over God to take away your status of messenger-ship?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌۭ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ۝٣٨

Or do they have a ladder up to the heaven where they could eavesdrop on the revelation so that their eavesdropper could bring a clear authority to claim the revelation?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:39

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ۝٣٩

Or are they out of their minds by saying that He has daughters while you have sons?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:40

أَمْ تَسَْٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ۝٤٠

Or are you asking them for a payment for conveying God’s message so that they are burdened with debt?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:41

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ۝٤١

Or do they have knowledge of the unseen which they are writing down, so your message becomes dispensable?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:42

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ ۝٤٢

Or do they seek to outwit you, O Muḥammad? But those who disbelieve are the ones who have been outwitted!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:43

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ۝٤٣

Or do they have a god other than Allāh? Glory be to Allāh from what they associate with Him.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The Conclusion

52:44

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًۭا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌۭ مَّرْكُومٌۭ ۝٤٤

The Meccans are so steeped in unbelief that even if they see a portion of the sky falling upon them, they would say, “It is nothing but layered clouds.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:45

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ ۝٤٥

So leave them in their heedlessness until they encounter their day of death wherein they shall be thunderstruck;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:46

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَئًْۭا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤٦

the day when their plot shall not avail them in any way, nor shall they be helped by anyone in their punishment during the barzakh.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤٧

As for those who do wrong, there is a punishment besides that (i.e., in the hereafter), but most of them do not know.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:48

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ۝٤٨

Therefore, O Muḥammad, be patient for your Lord’s command in conveying the message diligently, for surely you are before Our eyes, We see your challenges, and We are there to protect you. And to gain peace of mind, sing the praise of your Lord when you rise at dawn,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

52:49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٤٩

and during a portion of the night also sing His praise, as well as at the setting of the stars.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)