52:1  BY the MOUNTAIN

52:2  And by the Book writte

52:3  On an outspread roll

52:4  And by the frequented fane

52:5  And by the lofty vault

52:6  And by the swollen sea

52:7  Verily, a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent

52:8  And none shall put it back

52:9  Reeling on that day the Heaven shall reel

52:10  And stirring shall the mountains stir

52:11  And woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars

52:12  Who plunged for pastime into vain disputes

52:13  On that day shall they be thrust with thrusting to the fire of Hell:

52:14  "This is the fire which ye treated as a lie

52:15  What! is this magic, then? or, do ye not see it

52:16  Burn ye therein: bear it patiently or impatiently 'twill be the same to you: for ye shall assuredly receive the reward of your doings."

52:17  But mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God

52:18  Rejoicing in what their Lord hath given them; and that from the pain of hell-fire hath their Lord preserved them

52:19  "Eat and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds."

52:20  On couches ranged in rows shall they recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them

52:21  And to those who have believed, whose offspring have followed them in the faith, will we again unite their offspring; nor of the meed of their works will we in the least defraud them. Pledged to God is every man for his actions and their desert

52:22  And fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire

52:23  Therein shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no light discourse, no motive to sin

52:24  And youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls

52:25  And shall accost one another and ask mutual questions

52:26  "A time indeed there was," will they say, "when we were full of care as to the future lot of our families

52:27  But kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he preserved us

52:28  For, heretofore we called upon Him - and He is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

52:29  Warn thou, then. For thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither soothsayer nor possessed

52:30  Will they say, "A poet! let us await some adverse turn of his fortune?"

52:31  SAY, wait ye, and in sooth I too will wait with you

52:32  Is it their dreams which inspire them with this? or is it that they are a perverse people

52:33  Will they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?" Nay, rather it is that they believed not

52:34  Let them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth

52:35  Were they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves

52:36  Created they the Heavens and Earth? Nay, rather, they have no faith

52:37  Hold they thy Lord's treasures? Bear they the rule supreme

52:38  Have they a ladder for hearing the angels? Let any one who hath heard them bring a clear proof of it

52:39  Hath God daughters and ye sons

52:40  Asketh thou pay of them? they are themselves weighed down with debts

52:41  Have they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them down

52:42  Desire they to lay snares for thee? But the snared ones shall be they who do not believe

52:43  Have they any God beside God? Glory be to God above what they join with Him

52:44  And should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It is only a dense cloud."

52:45  Leave them then until they come face to face with the day when they shall swoon away

52:46  A day in which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall they be helped

52:47  And verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evildoers: but most of them know it not

52:48  Wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eye; and celebrate the praise of thy Lord when thou risest up

52:49  And in the night-season: Praise him when the stars are setting