| | T.B.Irving rendition of Surah The Mount, The Mountain(at-Tur)
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| 52:1 | | By the Mount |
| 52:2 | | and a Book recorded |
| 52:3 | | on unrolled parchment, |
| 52:4 | | and the thriving House |
| 52:5 | | with the roof raised [over it], |
| 52:6 | | and the swollen sea, |
| 52:7 | | your Lord´s torment is bound to happen! |
| 52:8 | | No one will avert it |
| 52:9 | | on a day when the sky will shift about |
| 52:10 | | and the mountains travel around. |
| 52:11 | | It will be too bad on that day for rejectors |
| 52:12 | | who play around with speculation, |
| 52:13 | | on the day they will be pushed firmly towards Hell fire: |
| 52:14 | | "This is the Fire which you have been denying. |
| 52:15 | | Is this magic or don´t you notice anything? |
| 52:16 | | Roast in it! Whether you act patient or impatient, it will be all the same for you; you are merely being rewarded for what you have been doing." |
| 52:17 | | The heedful will be in gardens and bliss, |
| 52:18 | | delighted with whatever their Lord has given them. Their Lord has shielded them from the torment of Hades: |
| 52:19 | | ´Eat and drink at leisure because of what you have been doing." |
| 52:20 | | Relaxing on couches all lined up, We will pair them off with dark-eyed damsels!. |
| 52:21 | | We shall unite those who believe and whose offspring have followed them in faith with their offspring. We will not deprive them of any action of theirs in any way; each man is a pledge for whatever he has earned. |
| 52:22 | | We will spread out any fruit and meat for them such as they may desire. |
| 52:23 | | They will compete for a cup there in which no idle talk nor any faultfinding lurks. |
| 52:24 | | Young men of theirs will pass around among them as if they were treasured pearls. |
| 52:25 | | Some of them will step forward to question one another; |
| 52:26 | | they will say: "We were anxious about our family previously, |
| 52:27 | | yet God has compensated us and shielded us from the torment of [Hell´s] scorching breath. |
| 52:28 | | We have long since appealed to Him; He is the Virtue-granting, the Merciful!" |
| 52:29 | | Remind, for by your Lord´s favor, you are no fortune-teller nor any madman. |
| 52:30 | | Or do they say: "[He´s] a poet! We´ll wait for some quirk of fate to [upset] him." |
| 52:31 | | SAY: "Lie in wait; for I am waiting along with you." |
| 52:32 | | Do their fancies order them to do this or are they arrogant folk?" |
| 52:33 | | Or do they say: "He has talked it all up"? Rather they do not believe. |
| 52:34 | | Let them bring a report like it if they are so truthful. |
| 52:35 | | Or were they created out of nothing, or are they their own creators? |
| 52:36 | | Or did they create Heaven and Earth? Rather they will never be convinced. |
| 52:37 | | Do they hold on to your Lord´s treasures, or are they even in charge of them? |
| 52:38 | | Or have they some ladder from which to eavesdrop? Let their eavesdropper bring some clear authority! |
| 52:39 | | Or has He daughters while you have sons? |
| 52:40 | | Or are you asking them for some fee so they will feel weighted down with debt? |
| 52:41 | | Do they have the Unseen which they are writing down? |
| 52:42 | | Or do they want [to hatch] some plot, while those who disbelieve are themselves being plotted against? |
| 52:43 | | Or do they have some other deity instead of God [Alone]? Glory be to God ahead of anything they may associate [with Him]! |
| 52:44 | | If they ever saw some object falling out of the sky, they would say: ´Some clouds have been piled up." |
| 52:45 | | Leave them alone till they encounter their day in which they will be stunned, |
| 52:46 | | a day when their plotting will not help them out at all nor will they be supported. |
| 52:47 | | The ones who act unjustly will have torment beyond that, even though most of them do not realize it. |
| 52:48 | | Act patiently towards your Lord´s discretion since you are under Our eyes. Hymn your Lord´s praise whenever you arise, |
| 52:49 | | and at night glorify Him occasionally, and as the stars fade away. |
