[52:15]
Is this magic, or do ye not see
?
[52:16]
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.
[52:17]
Lo! those who kept their
duty dwell in gardens and delight,
[52:18]
Happy because of what their Lord hath given
them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of
hell-fire.
[52:19]
(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in
health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
[52:20]
Reclining on ranged
couches. And we wed them unto fair
ones with wide, lovely eyes.
[52:21]
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.
[52:22]
And We provide them
with fruit and meat such as they desire.
[52:23]
There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein
is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
[52:24]
And there go round, waiting on them menservants
of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
[52:25]
And some of them draw near unto others,
questioning,
[52:26]
Saying: Lo! of old,
when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
[52:27]
But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath
preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
[52:28]
Lo! we used to pray
unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
[52:29]
Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of
Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
[52:30]
Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we
may expect the accident of time ?
[52:31]
Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am
with you among the expectant.