52. THE MOUNT (at-Tur)

In the name of Allah,
the Gracious, the Merciful

1. By the Mount.
2. And a Book inscribed.
3. In a published scroll.
4. And the frequented House.
5. And the elevated roof.
6. And the seething sea.
7. The punishment of your Lord is coming.
8. There is nothing to avert it.
9. On the Day when the heaven sways in agitation.
10. And the mountains go into motion.
11. Woe on that Day to the deniers.
12. Those who play with speculation.
13. The Day when they are shoved into the Fire
    of Hell forcefully.
14. “This is the Fire which you used to deny.
15. Is this magic, or do you not see?
16. Burn in it. Whether you are patient, or impatient, it is the same for you. You are only
    being repaid for what you used to do.”
17. But the righteous will be amid gardens and
    bliss.
18. Enjoying what their Lord has given them,
    and their Lord has spared them the suffering
    of Hell.
19. Eat and drink happily, for what you used to
    do.
20. Relaxing on luxurious furnishings; and We
    will couple them with gorgeous spouses.
21. Those who believed, and their offspring
    followed them in faith—We will unite them
    with their offspring, and We will not deprive
    them of any of their works. Every person is
    hostage to what he has earned.
22. And We will supply them with fruit, and
    meat; such as they desire.
23. They will exchange therein a cup; wherein
    is neither harm, nor sin.
24. Serving them will be youths like hidden
    pearls.
25. And they will approach one another, inquiring.
26. They will say, “Before this, we were fearful
    for our families.
27. But Allah blessed us, and spared us the agony of the Fiery Winds.
28. Before this, we used to pray to Him. He is
    the Good, the Compassionate.”
29. So remind. By the grace of your Lord, you
    are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.
30. Or do they say, “A poet—we await for him
    a calamity of time”?
31. Say, “Go on waiting; I will be waiting with
    you.”
32. Or is it that their dreams compel them to
    this? Or are they aggressive people?
33. Or do they say, “He made it up”? Rather,
    they do not believe.
34. So let them produce a discourse like it, if
    they are truthful.
35. Or were they created out of nothing? Or
    are they the creators?
36. Or did they create the heavens and the
    earth? In fact, they are not certain.
37. Or do they possess the treasuries of your
    Lord? Or are they the controllers?
38. Or do they have a stairway by means of
    which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear proof.
39. Or for Him the daughters, and for you the
    sons?
40. Or do you demand a payment from them,
    and they are burdened by debt?
41. Or do they know the future, and they are
    writing it down?
42. Or are they planning a conspiracy? The
    conspiracy will befall the disbelievers.
43. Or do they have a god besides Allah? Allah
    transcends what they associate.
44. Even if they were to see lumps of the sky
    falling down, they would say, “A mass of
    clouds.”
45. So leave them until they meet their Day in
    which they will be stunned.
46. The Day when their ploys will avail them
    nothing; and they will not be helped.
47. For those who do wrong, there is a punishment besides that; but most of them do not
    know.
48. So patiently await the decision of your
    Lord, for you are before Our Eyes; and proclaim the praises of your Lord when you
    arise.
49. And glorify Him during the night, and at
    the receding of the stars.