Chapter 52

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

By the mount.

And a written Book.

In a parchment published.

And the frequented Sanctuary.

And the vaulted ceiling.

And the desolate sea.

The retribution of your Lord is unavoidable.

Nothing can stop it.

The Day when the heaven will violently thunder.

And the mountains will be wiped out.

Woe on that Day to the deniers.

Who are in their recklessness, playing.

The Day they will be called into Hell, forcibly:

"This is the Fire which you used to deny!"

"Is this magic, or do you not see?"

"Enter it, whether you are patient or impatient, it will be the same for you. You are only being requited for what you used to do."

The righteous are in gardens and bliss.

Delighted by what their Lord has granted them; and their Lord has spared them the retribution of Hell.

Eat and drink happily because of what you used to do.

They recline on arranged beds, and We married them to wonderful consorts.

And those who believed, and their progeny also followed them in belief; We will have their progeny join them. We never fail to reward them for any work. Every person is paid for what he did.

We will supply them with fruit and meat such as they desire.

They will enjoy drinks therein, from which there is no nonsense, nor liability.

And serving them are boys who are like protected pearls.

And they came to one another asking.

They said: "We used to be compassionate among our people."

"So God has graced us, and has spared us the agony of the fierce hot winds."

"We used to implore Him before; He is the Kind, the Merciful."

Therefore, you shall remind. For by the grace of your Lord, you are neither a soothsayer, nor crazy.

Or do they say: "He is a poet; so let us just wait until a disaster befalls him."

Say: "Continue waiting; for I will wait along with you."

Or do their dreams dictate this to them, or are they a transgressing people?

Or do they say: "He made it all up"? No, they simply do not believe.

Let them produce a narrative like this, if they are truthful.

Or were they created from nothing? Or was it them who have created?

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No, they do not comprehend.

Or do they possess the treasures of your Lord? Are they in control?

Or do they have a stairway that enables them to listen? Then let their listeners show their proof.

Or to Him belongs the daughters, and to you belong the sons?

Or do you ask them for a wage, so they are burdened by the fine?

Or do they know the future, thus they have it recorded?

Or do they want to make a plan? Indeed, it is the rejecters who are being planned against.

Or do they have another god besides God? God be glorified above what they set up.

And if they see a portion from the heaven falling, they will say: "Piled clouds!"

So disregard them until they meet their Day in which they are stricken.

The Day when their scheming will not protect them in the least, nor will they be helped.

And for those who transgressed will be a retribution beyond this, but most of them do not know.

You shall be patient for the judgment of your Lord, for you are in Our sights; and glorify the praise of your Lord when you rise.

Also from the night glorify Him, and at the fading of the stars.