English - Chapter 52 - At-Tur

By the mountain of Sinai

and by the book written

in an expanded scroll

and by the visited house

and by the elevated roof of heaven

and by the swelling ocean

Verily the punishment of thy Lord will surely descend

there shall be none to withhold it

On that day the heaven shall be shaken, and shall reel

and the mountains shall walk and pass away

And on that day woe be unto those who accused God's apostles of imposture

who amused themselves in wading in vain disputes

On that day shall they be driven and thrust into the fire of hell

and it shall be said unto them, this is the fire which ye denied as a fiction

Is this a magic illusion? Or do ye not see

Enter the same to be scorched: Whether ye bear your torments patiently, or impatiently, it will be equal unto you: Ye shall surely receive the reward of that which ye have wrought

But the pious shall dwell amidst gardens and pleasures

delighting themselves in what their Lord shall have given them: And their Lord shall deliver them from the pains of hell

And it shall be said unto them, eat and drink with easy digestion; because of that which ye have wrought

Leaning on couches disposed in order: And We will espouse them unto virgins having large black eyes

And unto those who believe, and whose off-spring follow them in the faith, We will join their off-spring in paradise: And We will not diminish unto them ought of the merit of their works. -- Every man is given in pledge for that which he shall have wrought

And we will give them fruits in abundance, and flesh of the kinds which they shall desire

They shall present unto one another therein a cup of wine, wherein there shall be no vain discourse, nor any incitement unto wickedness

And youths appointed to attend them, shall go round them: Beautiful as pearls hidden in their shell

And they shall approach unto one another, and shall ask mutual questions

But God hath been gracious unto us, and hath delivered us from the pain of burning fire

For we called on him heretofore; and he is the beneficent, the merciful

Wherefore do thou, O prophet, admonish thy people. Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, a soothsayer, or a madman

Do they say, he is a poet: We wait, concerning him, some adverse turn of fortune

Say, wait ye my ruin: Verily I wait, with you, the time of your destruction

Do their mature understandings bid them say this; or are they people who perversely transgress

Do they say, he hath forged the Koran? Verily they believe not

Let them produce a discourse like unto it, if they speak truth

Were they created by nothing; or were they the creators of themselves

Did they create the heavens and the earth? Verily they are not firmly persuaded that God hath created them

Are the stores of thy Lord in their hands? Are they the supreme dispensers of all things

Have they a ladder, whereby they may ascend to heaven, and hear the discourses of the angels? Let one, therefore, who hath heard them, produce an evident proof thereof

Hath God daughters, and have ye sons

Dost thou ask them a reward for thy preaching? But they are laden with debts

Are the secrets of futurity with them; and do they transcribe the same from the table of God's decrees

Do they seek to lay a plot against thee? But the unbelievers are they who shall be circumvented

Have they any god, besides God? Far be God exalted above the idols which they associate with Him

If they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down upon them, they would say, it is only a thick cloud

Wherefore leave them, until they arrive at their day wherein they shall swoon for fear

A day, in which their subtle contrivances shall not avail them at all, neither shall they be protected

And those who act unjustly shall surely suffer another punishment besides this: But the greater part of them do not understand

And wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord concerning them; for thou art in our eye: And celebrate the praise of thy Lord, when thou risest up

and praise Him in the night-season, and when the stars begin to disappear