English - Chapter 52 - At-Tur

By the Mount

and a Book recorded

on unrolled parchment

and the thriving House

with the roof raised [over it]

and the swollen sea

your Lord´s torment is bound to happen

No one will avert it

on a day when the sky will shift about

and the mountains travel around

who play around with speculation

on the day they will be pushed firmly towards Hell fire

This is the Fire which you have been denying

Is this magic or don´t you notice anything

Roast in it! Whether you act patient or impatient, it will be all the same for you; you are merely being rewarded for what you have been doing

The heedful will be in gardens and bliss

delighted with whatever their Lord has given them. Their Lord has shielded them from the torment of Hades

´Eat and drink at leisure because of what you have been doing

Relaxing on couches all lined up, We will pair them off with dark-eyed damsels

We shall unite those who believe and whose offspring have followed them in faith with their offspring. We will not deprive them of any action of theirs in any way; each man is a pledge for whatever he has earned

We will spread out any fruit and meat for them such as they may desire

They will compete for a cup there in which no idle talk nor any faultfinding lurks

Young men of theirs will pass around among them as if they were treasured pearls

Some of them will step forward to question one another

they will say: "We were anxious about our family previously

yet God has compensated us and shielded us from the torment of [Hell´s] scorching breath

We have long since appealed to Him; He is the Virtue-granting, the Merciful

Remind, for by your Lord´s favor, you are no fortune-teller nor any madman

Or do they say: "[He´s] a poet! We´ll wait for some quirk of fate to [upset] him

SAY: "Lie in wait; for I am waiting along with you

Do their fancies order them to do this or are they arrogant folk

Or do they say: "He has talked it all up"? Rather they do not believe

Let them bring a report like it if they are so truthful

Or were they created out of nothing, or are they their own creators

Or did they create Heaven and Earth? Rather they will never be convinced

Do they hold on to your Lord´s treasures, or are they even in charge of them

Or have they some ladder from which to eavesdrop? Let their eavesdropper bring some clear authority

Or has He daughters while you have sons

Or are you asking them for some fee so they will feel weighted down with debt

Do they have the Unseen which they are writing down

Or do they want [to hatch] some plot, while those who disbelieve are themselves being plotted against

Or do they have some other deity instead of God [Alone]? Glory be to God ahead of anything they may associate [with Him]

If they ever saw some object falling out of the sky, they would say: ´Some clouds have been piled up

Leave them alone till they encounter their day in which they will be stunned

a day when their plotting will not help them out at all nor will they be supported

The ones who act unjustly will have torment beyond that, even though most of them do not realize it

Act patiently towards your Lord´s discretion since you are under Our eyes. Hymn your Lord´s praise whenever you arise

and at night glorify Him occasionally, and as the stars fade away