The Mount · Surah 52

By the Mount

And a Scripture inscribed

On fine parchment unrolled

And the House frequented

And the roof exalted

And the sea kept filled

Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass

There is none that can ward it off

On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving

And the mountains move away with (awful) movement

Then woe that day unto the deniers

Who play in talk of grave matters

The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell

(And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny

Is this magic, or do ye not see

Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do

Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight

Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire

(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do

Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes

And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned

And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire

There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin

And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls

And some of them draw near unto others, questioning

Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious

But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire

Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful

Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman

Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time

Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant

Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk

Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe

Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful

Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing

Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)

Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest

Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons

Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt

Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down

Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared

Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)

And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds

Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken

A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped

And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not

So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest

And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars