52. At-Tur

1 By the Mount

2 And a Scripture inscribed

3 On fine parchment unrolled

4 And the House frequented

5 And the roof exalted

6 And the sea kept filled

7 Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass

8 There is none that can ward it off

9 On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving

10 And the mountains move away with (awful) movement

11 Then woe that day unto the deniers

12 Who play in talk of grave matters

13 The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell

14 (And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny

15 Is this magic, or do ye not see

16 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

17 Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight

18 Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire

19 (And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do

20 Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes

21 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

22 And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire

23 There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin

24 And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls

25 And some of them draw near unto others, questioning

26 Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious

27 But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire

28 Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful

29 Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman

30 Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time

31 Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant

32 Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk

33 Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe

34 Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful

35 Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators

36 Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing

37 Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)

38 Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest

39 Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons

40 Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt

41 Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down

42 Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared

43 Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)

44 And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds

45 Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken

46 A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped

47 And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not

48 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

49 And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars