| | Arthur John Arberry rendition of Surah The Mount, The Mountain(at-Tur)
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| 52:1 | | By the Moun |
| 52:2 | | and a Book inscribe |
| 52:3 | | in a parchment unrolled |
| 52:4 | | by the House inhabite |
| 52:5 | | and the roof uplifte |
| 52:6 | | and the sea swarming |
| 52:7 | | surely thy Lord's chastisement is about to fall |
| 52:8 | | there is none to avert it |
| 52:9 | | Upon the day when heaven spins dizzil |
| 52:10 | | and the mountains are in motion |
| 52:11 | | woe that day unto those that cry lies |
| 52:12 | | such as play at plunging |
| 52:13 | | the day when they shall be pitched into the fire of Gehenna |
| 52:14 | | 'This is the fire that you cried lies to |
| 52:15 | | What, is this magic, or is it you that do not see |
| 52:16 | | Roast in it! And bear you patiently, or bear not patiently, equal it is to you; you are only being recompensed for that you were working. |
| 52:17 | | Surely the godfearing shall be in gardens and bliss |
| 52:18 | | rejoicing in that their Lord has given them; and their Lord shall guard them against the chastisement of Hell |
| 52:19 | | 'Eat and drink, with wholesome appetite, for that you were working |
| 52:20 | | Reclining upon couches ranged in rows; and We shall espouse them to wide-eyed houris |
| 52:21 | | And those who believed, and their seed followed them in belief, We shall join their seed with them, and We shall not defraud them of aught of their work; every man shall be pledged for what he earned |
| 52:22 | | And We shall succour them with fruits and flesh such as they desir |
| 52:23 | | while they pass therein a cup one to another wherein is no idle talk, no cause of sin |
| 52:24 | | and there go round them youths, their own, as if they were hidden pearls |
| 52:25 | | They advance one upon another, asking each other questions |
| 52:26 | | They say, 'We were before among our people, ever going in fear |
| 52:27 | | and God was gracious to us, and guarded us against the chastisement of the burning wind |
| 52:28 | | we were before ever calling upon Him; surely He is the All-benign, the All-compassionate. |
| 52:29 | | Therefore remind! by thy Lord's blessing thou art not a soothsayer neither possessed |
| 52:30 | | Or do they say, 'He is a poet for whom we await Fate's uncertainty' |
| 52:31 | | Say: 'Await! I shall be awaiting with you. |
| 52:32 | | Or do their intellects bid them do this? Or are they an insolent people |
| 52:33 | | Or do they say, 'He has invented it?' Nay, but they do not believe |
| 52:34 | | Then let them bring a discourse like it, if they speak truly |
| 52:35 | | Or were they created out of nothing? Or are they the creators |
| 52:36 | | Or did they create the heavens and earth? Nay, but they have not sure faith |
| 52:37 | | Or are thy Lord's treasuries in their keeping? Or are they the registrars |
| 52:38 | | Or have they a ladder whereon they listen? Then let any of them that has listened bring a clear authority |
| 52:39 | | Or has He daughters, and they sons |
| 52:40 | | Or askest thou them for a wage, and so they are weighed down with debt |
| 52:41 | | Or is the Unseen in their keeping, and so they are writing it down |
| 52:42 | | Or desire they to outwit? The unbelievers, they are the outwitted |
| 52:43 | | Or have they a god, other than God? Glory be to God, above that which they associate |
| 52:44 | | Even if they saw lumps falling from heaven, they would say, 'A massed cloud! |
| 52:45 | | Then leave them, till they encounter their day wherein they shall be thunderstruck |
| 52:46 | | the day when their guile shall avail them naught, and they shall not be helped |
| 52:47 | | And there surely awaits the evildoers a chastisement beyond even that, but most of them know it not |
| 52:48 | | And be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord; surely thou art before Our eyes. And proclaim the praise of thy Lord when thou arisest |
| 52:49 | | and proclaim the praise of thy Lord in the night, and at the declining of the stars |
