English - Chapter 52 - At-Tur

By the (mount) Tur (where Moses received Torah)

and by the book inscribed

in parchment (written sheep skin) unrolled

and by the house (Bait-ul-Mamoor, the house over the heavens parallel to the Ka’bah at Makkah, visited by the angels)

and by the roof raised high (sky)

and by the sea boiling blaze

surely, the punishment of your Lord will surely come to pass

There is none that can avert it

On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking

and the mountains will move away with a horrible movement

On that Day, woe be to the rejecters (of truth)

who are engaged in falsehood

That Day they will be pushed down by force to the fire of hell with a forceful pushing

(it will be said to them): “This is the fire which you used to deny

Is this a magic, or do you not see

You burn in its heat; it will be the same for you whether you be patient or not be patient. You are only being requited for what you used to do.”

Surely, the pious will be in gardens (Paradise), and delight

enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the blazing fire

(It will be said to them): “Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do (good deeds).”

They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to lovely maidens with wide lovely eyes

Those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will join their offspring to them, and We will not decrease any reward for their deeds. Every person has a pledge for that which it has earned

And We shall provide them with fruit and meat as they desire

They shall pass from hand to hand a wine cup in it which shall cause no dirty, false talk in it (between them), and no sin will go around

and boy-servants will go round for them to serve them as if they were preserved pearls

And some of them will come near to others, questioning (worldly life)

and they will say: “Surely, we were previously afraid with our families (from the punishment of Allah)

But Allah has been Gracious to us, and has saved us from the punishment of the fire

Surely, we used to invoke Him before. Surely, He is the Kind, the Merciful.”

Therefore, remind and preach (mankind, O Muhammad). By the Grace of Allah, you are neither a fortune-teller, nor a madman

Or do they say: “(Muhammad is) a poet! We are waiting for him some calamity (by time)!”

Say (O Muhammad to them): “Wait! I am with you among the waiters!”

Or do their minds command them this (to tell a lie against you)? Or are they people exceeding all bounds (from belief to disbelief)

Or do they say: “He (Muhammad) has forged it (this Qur’an)?” Nay! They don’t believe

Then let them produce a Scripture like it (the Qur’an) if they are truthful

Or were they created by no one? Or were they (themselves) the creators

Or have they created the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm belief

Or are the treasures of your Lord with them? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like

Or do they have a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some clear proof

Or is it that you (O Muhammad) ask a wage from them (for your preaching) so that they are burdened from a load of debt

Or is the (knowledge of) unseen with them and they write it down

Or do they intend a plot (against you)? If so, those who disbelieve are themselves (trapped) in a plot

Or do they have one worthy of worship other than Allah? Glorified is Allah from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him)

Even if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: “Clouds gathered in heaps!”

So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with horror)

The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing nor will be helped

Surely, for those who do wrong, there is punishment (in this world and in graves) before this, but most of them don’t know

So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for the decision of your Lord, for surely He is watching you. Glorify the praises of your Lord when you get up from sleep

and also glorify His praises in the night-time, and at the setting of stars