52:1  By the Mount,

52:2  and an inscribed Book

52:3  in a parchment laid open,

52:4  and the frequented House,

52:5  and the raised ceiling,

52:6  and the sea that is set aflame:

52:7  your Lord's punishment will surely take place.

52:8  There is none that can prevent it.

52:9  On the Day when the sky will sway violently,

52:10  and the mountains move forcibly;

52:11  woe on that Day to the deniers

52:12  who are engaged in vain discourse, playing.

52:13  On the Day they are called to the fire of Hell forcibly:

52:14  "This is the Fire which you used to deny!

52:15  Is this magic then? Or is it that you do not see?

52:16  Roast in it! Then be patient, or do not be patient, it is all the same for you. You are only repaid for what you used to do."

52:17  Indeed, the reverent are in gardens and bliss,

52:18  enjoying what their Lord has granted them. And their Lord has shielded them from the punishment of Hellfire.

52:19  Eat and drink joyfully in return for what you used to do.

52:20  They recline on lined up couches, and We paired them with companions with beautiful eyes.

52:21  For those who believed and whose offspring followed them in faith, We let their offspring join them, and We did not deprive them of any of their deeds. Every person is held in pledge by what he has earned.

52:22  And We supplied them with fruit and meat such as they desire.

52:23  They will pass around a cup that does not lead to idle talk or sin.

52:24  Passing around them will be young boys assigned to their service, like well-protected pearls.

52:25  They approached one another, inquiring.

52:26  They said, "We used to be in fear beforehand among our families.

52:27  Then God bestowed favour upon us and shielded us from the agony of the scorching fire.

52:28  We used to implore Him beforehand. He is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

52:29  So remind, for you are not, by the blessing of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.

52:30  Or do they say, "He is a poet, and we await some disaster to befall him"?

52:31  Say, "Wait then! I am, along with you, among those who wait."

52:32  Or do their dreams dictate this to them? Or are they a transgressing people?

52:33  Or do they say, "He made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

52:34  So let them produce a hadith like it if they are truthful.

52:35  Or were they created from nothing? Or are they the creators?

52:36  Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they have no certainty.

52:37  Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord? Or are they the controllers?

52:38  Or do they have a stairway that enables them to listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.

52:39  Or to Him belong the daughters, and to you belong the sons?

52:40  Or are you asking them for a payment that leaves them weighed down with debt?

52:41  Or have they knowledge of the unseen, so they are writing it down?

52:42  Or do they wish to scheme? In fact, it is the disbelievers whom the scheming will harm.

52:43  Or do they have a god other than God? Glory to God, far above what they associate with Him.

52:44  If they were to see lumps falling from the sky, they would say, "Piled up clouds."

52:45  So leave them until they meet their Day when they will be struck down.

52:46  That is the Day when their schemes will not avail them in any way, nor will they be supported.

52:47  Those who transgressed shall have a punishment besides that, but most of them do not know.

52:48  Wait patiently for your Lord's judgment, for you are under Our eyes, and glorify your Lord with praise when you arise.

52:49  And glorify Him during the night, and as the stars fade out.