English - Chapter 52 - At-Tur

(I swear) By the Mount

By a Decree inscribed

On a fine parchment, unrolled

And the much visited House

And the canopy exalted

And the swollen sea

Most surely the doom of your Lord will come to pass

There shall be none to avert it

On the day when the heaven shall heave with awful commotion

And the mountains shall move with awful movement

Then woe on that Day unto the deniers (of the truth)

Those who sport in vain discourses

The Day on which they shall be driven irresistibly to the Fire of Hell

This is the Fire which you used to deny

Is it magic then, or do you not see

Burn you therein, and whether you bear it patiently or not, it makes no difference; you shall be requited only what you did

Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in Gardens of Bliss

Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning Fire

Eat and drink with profit and health because of what you did

Reclining on thrones set in ranks, and We will unite them to large-eyed beautiful ones (Houri)

And as for those who believe and whose offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not deprive them of naught of their work; each individual is a pledge for his own deeds

And We will provide them with fruit and flesh such as they desire

They shall pass from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin

And round them shall serve youth devoted to them, handsome as well-guarded (preserved or hidden) pearls

And some of them shall draw near unto others, inquiring

Saying, "Surely in the past we feared for our families

But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the Scorching Wind

Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful

Therefore continue you (O Muhammad) to remind (or warn), for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman

Or do they say, " (he is) A poet, for whom we await a calamity of (or an accident of or caused by) time

Say, "Wait (expect) ye! I too with you am waiting (expecting)

Nay! Do their understandings bid them this? Or are they a people transgressing beyond bounds

Or do they say, "He has forged it." Nay! They will not believe

Then let them bring an announcement (or recital) like it if they are truthful

Or were they created out of nothing, or are they themselves the creators

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! They have no certainty

Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority

Or have they a ladder (unto heaven) the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority

Or has He daughters while you have sons

Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt

Or have they the unseen so that they write it down

Or do they desire to plot (or ensnare)? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished in their plot

Or have they a God other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with Him)

And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say, "Piled up clouds

Leave them then till they meet that Day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror)

The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall they be helped

And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them understand not

And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the retreat of the stars