Sura LII (52)
The Mountain
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the
mountain,
And by
the Book written
On an
outspread roll,
And by
the frequented fane,
And by
the lofty vault,
And by
the swollen sea,
Verily,
a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent,
And
none shall put it back.
Reeling
on that day the Heaven shall reel,
52:10 And stirring shall the mountains stir.
And
woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars,
Who
plunged for pastime into vain disputes --
On
that day shall they be trust with thrusting to the fire of Hell: --
"This
is the fire which you treated as a lie.
What!
is this magic, then? or, do you not see it?
Burn
you therein: bear it patiently or impatiently
'twill be the same to you: for you shall
assuredly receive the reward of your doings."
But
mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God,
Rejoicing
in what their Lord have given them; and that from the pain of hell-fire hath
their Lord preserved them.
"Eat
and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds."
52:20 On couches ranged in rows shall they
recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them.
And to
those who have believed, whose offspring have followed them in the faith, will
we again unite their offspring; nor of the meed of their works will we in the
least defraud them. Pledged to God is every man for his actions and their
desert.
And
fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire:
Therein
shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no light discourse,
no motive to sin:
And
youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls:
And
shall accost one another and ask mutual questions.
"A
time indeed there was," will they say, "when we were full of care as
to the future lot of our families;
But
kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he preserved
us;
For,
heretofore we called upon Him -- and He is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
Warn
thou, then. Four thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither soothsayer nor
possessed.
52:30 Will they say, "A poet! let us
await some adverse turn of his fortune?"
Say,
wait you, and in sooth I too will wait with you.
Is it
their dreams which inspire them with then? or is it that they are a perverse
people?
Will
they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?" Nay, rather it is
that they believed not.
Let
them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth.
Were
they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves?
Created
they the Heavens and the Earth? Nay, rather, they have no faith.
Hold
they thy Lord's treasures? Bear they the rule supreme?
Have
they a ladder for hearing the angels? Let any one who hath heard them bring a
clear proof of it.
52:40 Asked thou pay of them? they are
themselves weighed down with debts.
Have
they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them down?
Desire
they to lay snares for thee? But the snared ones shall be they who do not
believe.
Have
they any God beside God? Glory be to God above what they join with Him.
And
should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It
is only a dense cloud."
Leave
them then until they come face to face with the day when they shall swoon away:
A day
in which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall they be
helped.
And
verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evil-doers: but most of them know it not.
Wait
thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eye; and celebrate
the praise of thy Lord when thou risest up,
And in
the night-season: Praise him when the stars are
setting.