Chapter 52
In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
52:1 By the mount.
52:2 And a recorded Book.
52:3 In parchment published.
52:4 And the frequented House.
52:5 And the vaulted ceiling.
52:6 And the desolate sea.
52:7 The retribution of your Lord is unavoidable.
52:8 Nothing can stop it.
52:9 The Day when the heaven will violently thunder.
52:10 And the mountains will be wiped out.
52:11 Woe on that Day to the deniers.
52:12 Who are in their recklessness, playing.
52:13 The Day they will be called into Hell, forcibly:
52:14 "This is the Fire which you used to deny!"
52:15 "Is this magic, or do you not see?"
52:16 "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."
52:17 The righteous are in gardens and bliss.
52:18 Delighted by what their Lord has granted them; and their Lord has spared them the retribution of Hell.
52:19 Eat and drink happily because of what you used to do.
52:20 They recline on arranged beds, and We married them to wonderful consorts.
52:21 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.
52:22 We will supply them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
52:23 They will enjoy drinks therein, from which there is no nonsense, nor blame.
52:24 And serving them are boys who are like protected pearls.
52:25 And they came to one another asking.
52:26 They said: "We used to be compassionate among our people."
52:27 "So God has graced us, and has spared us the agony of the fierce hot winds."
52:28 "We used to implore Him before; He is the Kind, the Merciful."
52:29 Therefore, you shall remind. For by the grace of your Lord, you are neither a soothsayer, nor crazy.
52:30 Or do they say: "He is a poet; so let us just wait until a disaster befalls him."
52:31 Say: "Continue waiting; for I will wait along with you."
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 all up"? No, they simply do not believe.
52:34 Let them produce a narrative like this, if they are truthful.
52:35 Or were they created from nothing? Or was it them who have created?
52:36 Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No, they do not comprehend.
52:37 Or do they possess the treasures of your Lord? Are they in control?
52:38 Or do they have a stairway that enables them to listen? Then let their listeners show their proof.
52:39 Or to Him belongs the daughters, and to you belong the sons?
52:40 Or do you ask them for a wage, so they are burdened by the fine?
52:41 Or do they know the future, thus they have it recorded?
52:42 Or do they want to make a plan? Indeed, it is the rejecters who are being planned against.
52:43 Or do they have another god besides God? God be glorified above what they set up.
52:44 And if they see a portion from the heaven falling, they will say: "Piled clouds!"
52:45 So disregard them until they meet their Day in which they are stricken.
52:46 The Day when their scheming will not protect them in the least, nor will they be helped.
52:47 And for those who transgressed will be a retribution beyond this, but most of them do not know.
52:48 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.
52:49 Also from the night glorify Him, and at the fading of the stars.