| | George Sale rendition of Surah The Mount, The Mountain(at-Tur)
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| 52:1 | | By the mountain of Sinai |
| 52:2 | | and by the book writte |
| 52:3 | | in an expanded scroll |
| 52:4 | | and by the visited house |
| 52:5 | | and by the elevated roof of heaven |
| 52:6 | | and by the swelling ocean |
| 52:7 | | Verily the punishment of thy Lord will surely descend |
| 52:8 | | there shall be none to withhold it |
| 52:9 | | On that day the heaven shall be shaken, and shall reel |
| 52:10 | | and the mountains shall walk and pass away |
| 52:11 | | And on that day woe be unto those who accused God's apostles of imposture |
| 52:12 | | who amused themselves in wading in vain disputes |
| 52:13 | | On that day shall they be driven and thrust into the fire of hell |
| 52:14 | | and it shall be said unto them, this is the fire which ye denied as a fiction |
| 52:15 | | Is this a magic illusion? Or do ye not see |
| 52:16 | | Enter the same to be scorched: Whether ye bear your torments patiently, or impatiently, it will be equal unto you: Ye shall surely receive the reward of that which ye have wrought |
| 52:17 | | But the pious shall dwell amidst gardens and pleasures |
| 52:18 | | delighting themselves in what their Lord shall have given them: And their Lord shall deliver them from the pains of hell |
| 52:19 | | And it shall be said unto them, eat and drink with easy digestion; because of that which ye have wrought |
| 52:20 | | Leaning on couches disposed in order: And We will espouse them unto virgins having large black eyes |
| 52:21 | | And unto those who believe, and whose off-spring follow them in the faith, We will join their off-spring in paradise: And We will not diminish unto them ought of the merit of their works. -- Every man is given in pledge for that which he shall have wrought. - |
| 52:22 | | And we will give them fruits in abundance, and flesh of the kinds which they shall desire |
| 52:23 | | They shall present unto one another therein a cup of wine, wherein there shall be no vain discourse, nor any incitement unto wickedness |
| 52:24 | | And youths appointed to attend them, shall go round them: Beautiful as pearls hidden in their shell |
| 52:25 | | And they shall approach unto one another, and shall ask mutual questions |
| 52:26 | | And they shall say, verily we were heretofore amidst our family, in great dread with regard to our state after death |
| 52:27 | | But God hath been gracious unto us, and hath delivered us from the pain of burning fire |
| 52:28 | | For we called on him heretofore; and he is the beneficent, the merciful |
| 52:29 | | Wherefore do thou, O prophet, admonish thy people. Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, a soothsayer, or a madman |
| 52:30 | | Do they say, he is a poet: We wait, concerning him, some adverse turn of fortune |
| 52:31 | | Say, wait ye my ruin: Verily I wait, with you, the time of your destruction |
| 52:32 | | Do their mature understandings bid them say this; or are they people who perversely transgress |
| 52:33 | | Do they say, he hath forged the Koran? Verily they believe not |
| 52:34 | | Let them produce a discourse like unto it, if they speak truth |
| 52:35 | | Were they created by nothing; or were they the creators of themselves |
| 52:36 | | Did they create the heavens and the earth? Verily they are not firmly persuaded that God hath created them |
| 52:37 | | Are the stores of thy Lord in their hands? Are they the supreme dispensers of all things |
| 52:38 | | Have they a ladder, whereby they may ascend to heaven, and hear the discourses of the angels? Let one, therefore, who hath heard them, produce an evident proof thereof |
| 52:39 | | Hath God daughters, and have ye sons |
| 52:40 | | Dost thou ask them a reward for thy preaching? But they are laden with debts |
| 52:41 | | Are the secrets of futurity with them; and do they transcribe the same from the table of God's decrees |
| 52:42 | | Do they seek to lay a plot against thee? But the unbelievers are they who shall be circumvented |
| 52:43 | | Have they any god, besides God? Far be God exalted above the idols which they associate with Him |
| 52:44 | | If they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down upon them, they would say, it is only a thick cloud |
| 52:45 | | Wherefore leave them, until they arrive at their day wherein they shall swoon for fear |
| 52:46 | | A day, in which their subtle contrivances shall not avail them at all, neither shall they be protected |
| 52:47 | | And those who act unjustly shall surely suffer another punishment besides this: But the greater part of them do not understand |
| 52:48 | | And wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord concerning them; for thou art in our eye: And celebrate the praise of thy Lord, when thou risest up |
| 52:49 | | and praise Him in the night-season, and when the stars begin to disappear |
