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Translation by N J Dawood — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah At-Tur 52:1

Verse 2 — Surah At-Tur 52:2

Verse 3 — Surah At-Tur 52:3

penned on an unrolled parchment

Verse 4 — Surah At-Tur 52:4

by the Visited House,²

Verse 5 — Surah At-Tur 52:5

Verse 6 — Surah At-Tur 52:6

and the swelling sea

Verse 7 — Surah At-Tur 52:7

your Lord‘s punishment shall surely come to pass

Verse 8 — Surah At-Tur 52:8

No power shall ward it off

Verse 9 — Surah At-Tur 52:9

On that day the heaven will shake and reel

Verse 10 — Surah At-Tur 52:10

and the mountains move and pass away

Verse 11 — Surah At-Tur 52:11

Woe betide on that day the unbelievers

Verse 12 — Surah At-Tur 52:12

who now divert themselves with profane talk

Verse 13 — Surah At-Tur 52:13

On that day they shall be hurled into the fire of Hell

Verse 14 — Surah At-Tur 52:14

This is the Fire which you denied

Verse 15 — Surah At-Tur 52:15

Is this sorcery, or can you not see

Verse 16 — Surah At-Tur 52:16

Burn in its flames. It is the same whether or not you show forbearance. You shall be recompensed according only to your deeds.‘

Verse 17 — Surah At-Tur 52:17

But in fair Gardens the righteous shall dwell in bliss, rejoicing in what their Lord will give them

Verse 18 — Surah At-Tur 52:18

Their Lord will shield them from the scourge of Hell

Verse 19 — Surah At-Tur 52:19

Eat and drink to your hearts‘ content, in recompense for what you did.‘

Verse 20 — Surah At-Tur 52:20

They shall recline on couches ranged in rows. To dark-eyed houris We shall wed them

Verse 21 — Surah At-Tur 52:21

We shall unite the true believers with those of their descendants who follow them in their faith, and shall not deny them the reward of their good works; each man is the hostage of his own deeds

Verse 22 — Surah At-Tur 52:22

Fruits We shall give them, and such meats as they desire

Verse 23 — Surah At-Tur 52:23

They will pass from hand to hand a cup inspiring no idle talk, no sinful urge

Verse 24 — Surah At-Tur 52:24

and there shall wait on them young boys of their own, as fair as virgin pearls

Verse 25 — Surah At-Tur 52:25

They will approach one another, asking questions

Verse 26 — Surah At-Tur 52:26

When we were living among our kin,‘ they will say, ‘we were troubled by many fears

Verse 27 — Surah At-Tur 52:27

But God has been gracious to us; He has preserved us from the fiery scourge

Verse 28 — Surah At-Tur 52:28

for we prayed to Him in days gone by. He alone is the Beneficent One, the Compassionate.‘

Verse 29 — Surah At-Tur 52:29

Therefore give warning. By the grace of God, you are neither soothsayer nor madman

Verse 30 — Surah At-Tur 52:30

Or do they say: ‘He is but a poet: we are waiting for the uncertainty of Fate to befall him‘

Verse 31 — Surah At-Tur 52:31

Say: ‘Wait if you will; I will wait with you.‘

Verse 32 — Surah At-Tur 52:32

Or does their reason bid them say this? Or is it that they are wicked people

Verse 33 — Surah At-Tur 52:33

Or do they say: ‘He has invented it¹ himself‘? Indeed, they have no faith

Verse 34 — Surah At-Tur 52:34

Let them produce a scripture like it, if what they say be true

Verse 35 — Surah At-Tur 52:35

Or were they created out of the void? Or were they their own creators

Verse 36 — Surah At-Tur 52:36

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Surely they have no faith

Verse 37 — Surah At-Tur 52:37

Or do they hold the treasures of your Lord, and have control absolute

Verse 38 — Surah At-Tur 52:38

Or have they a ladder by means of which they overhear Him? Let their eavesdropper bring a positive proof

Verse 39 — Surah At-Tur 52:39

Is He to have the daughters and you² the sons

Verse 40 — Surah At-Tur 52:40

Or are you³ demanding payment of them, that they should fear to be weighed down with debts

Verse 41 — Surah At-Tur 52:41

Or have they knowledge of what is hidden? Can they write it down

Verse 42 — Surah At-Tur 52:42

Or are they scheming? It is the unbelievers‘ schemes that shall come to nothing

Verse 43 — Surah At-Tur 52:43

Or have they a deity other than God? Exalted be God above their idols

Verse 44 — Surah At-Tur 52:44

And if they saw a piece of heaven falling down, they would still say: ‘It is but a pile of clouds!‘

Verse 45 — Surah At-Tur 52:45

So let them be, until they face the day when they shall stand dumbfounded

Verse 46 — Surah At-Tur 52:46

the day when their schemes shall be of no avail to them; and they shall not be helped

Verse 47 — Surah At-Tur 52:47

And besides this a scourge awaits the wrongdoers, though most of them do not know it

Verse 48 — Surah At-Tur 52:48

Await with patience the judgement of your Lord: you are ever in Our sight. And give glory to your Lord when you rise

Verse 49 — Surah At-Tur 52:49

in the night-time praise Him, and at the setting of the stars