English - Chapter 52 - At-Tur

By the Mount

and by a Book inscribed

on parchment outspread

by the house inhabited

by the canopy raised

and by the sea swelling over

truly thy Lord’s Punishment shall come to pass

None can avert it

On a day when the sky churns with [great] churning

and the mountains move with [great] motion

woe that Day to the deniers

who play in idle talk

a day when they are thrust violently into the Fire of Hell

“This is the Fire that you used to deny

Is this sorcery, or do you not see

Burn therein! Be patient, or be not patient; it will be the same for you. You are only requited for that which you used to do.”

Truly the reverent shall be in Gardens and bliss

rejoicing in what their Lord has given them. And their Lord has shielded them from the punishment of Hellfire

“Eat and drink in enjoyment for that which you used to do,”

reclining upon couches arrayed, and We shall wed them to wide-eyed maidens

And those who believe and whose progeny followed them in faith, We shall cause their progeny to join them and will not stint aught of their deeds. Each man shall be held in pledge for that which he has earned

And We shall bestow upon them fruits and meat as they desire

Therein they shall pass to one another a cup wherein is no idle talk, nor incitement to sin

and there wait upon them youths, for them, as if they were hidden pearls

And they will turn to one another, questioning each other

saying, “Truly aforetime, when among our families, we were anxious

but God was gracious unto us and shielded us from the punishment of the scorching wind

Truly we did call upon Him aforetime. Truly He is the Righteous, the Merciful.”

So remind, for thou art not, by the Blessing of thy Lord, a soothsayer or one possessed

Or do they say, “A poet—let us await the vagaries of fate for him.”

Say, “Wait! For truly I am waiting along with you.”

Do their minds command them to this, or are they a rebellious people

Or do they say, “He has invented it”? Nay, but they believe not

Then let them bring an account like unto it, if they are truthful

Were they created from naught? Or are they the creators

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no certainty

Do they possess the treasuries of your Lord? Or are they in control

Or do they have a ladder whereby they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear warrant

Does He have daughters while you have sons

Or dost thou ask a reward of them, such that they are burdened with debt

Or do they desire to devise [a scheme]? Then those who disbelieve shall be the ones against whom a scheme is devised

Or do they have a god other than God? Glory be to God above the partners they ascribe

Were they to see a fragment falling from the sky, they would say, “A heap of clouds.”

So leave them until they meet the Day when they will be thunderstruck

a day when their scheming will avail them naught and they will not be helped

And truly for those who do wrong there is punishment besides that. But most of them know not

Be patient with the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art before Our eyes; hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou dost rise

and at night glorify Him, and at the receding of the stars