English - Chapter 52 - At-Tur

By the Mount [Sinai]

And by Record inscribed

On a writing material widely published.h

And by the long-standing, frequently visited house [Kaabah]

And by the sea in high tide

Punishment by your Lord is indeed inevitable

None can ward it off

When the sky [Universe] trembles

And the mountains move

Woe, then, to all those who had rejected the Truth

Those who had wasted their time on vanities

When they are pushed into Hell fire

This is the Fire you had denied

Is this, then, a delusion or are you blind to it

Suffer it! Whether you bear it with patience or not, it will be all the same for you: you are but being paid back for what you were doing

The pious are in gardens among bounties

They rejoice in all that their Lord has granted them. And their Lord has warded off punishment through the blazing Fire from them

Eat and drink to your satisfaction as a reward for your [good] deeds

Reclining on couches ranged in rows!" And We shall give them Houris with lovely eyes as companions

And those that believed and their offspring that followed them in belief, We unite them with their offspring. And We deprive them not of any of their deeds. Every human being is held in pledge for whatever he earns

And We help them with fruit and meat — whatever they desire

They have rounds of drinks which give rise to no nonsense, nor sin

And waiting upon them will be boys — like pearls hidden in their shells — assigned to them

And they turn to one another, enquiringly

They say, "We were living with our families in fear, before

So Allah has been good to us, and has warded off from us punishment of intense heat

We did indeed invoke Him before. He is indeed the One Ultimate in goodness, the Merciful

Proclaim the praises of your Lord, then! You [Muhammad] are, by His grace, neither a fortune-teller nor a madman

Or do they say, "A poet! We await a change of fortune for him

Say, "Wait! I, too, am one of those who wait with you

Do their visions dictate this to them — or are they people committing transgression

Or do they say, "He himself has authored it"? Nay, they believe not

Let them produce another discourse like it, if what they say be true

Are they created out of nothing? Or, are they themselves the creators

Or, have they created the heavens and the earth? And yet they are not certain of a Creator creating them!h

Or, have they your Lord's treasures with them? Or are they in control

Or, have they a link through which they could listen? Let him who has listened to them then come up with manifest proof

Or, are there daughters for Him, and, for you, sons

Or, do you [Prophet Muhammad] ask of them a reward, and so do they get burdened with debt

Or, have they the knowledge of the Unseen, which they have written down

Or, do they want to hatch a plot? But then those who suppress the truth — they themselves are the victims of a plot

Or, have they a deity other than Allah? Allah is too high in glory, above what they worship besides Him

And if they were to see meteorites from the sky falling down, they would say, "Gathering clouds

Leave them alone then until they meet their Day in which they will be stunned

The Day their scheming and plotting will be of no avail to them, and they will receive no help

And, indeed, for those who do wrong, a punishment closer than that [in this world itself]! But most of them are not aware

And await in patience for your Lord's Decree! We have indeed of course kept you within Our sight. And glorify your Lord with His praise when you are up on your feet

And glorify Him at night, and when the stars retreat [at dawn]