1. By the Mount (of
Revelation);
2. By a Decree inscribed
3. In a Scroll unfolded;
4. By the much-frequented Fane;
5. By the Canopy Raised High;
6. And by the Ocean filled with
Swell;-
7. Verily, the Doom of thy Lord
will indeed come to pass;-
8. There is none can avert it;-
9. On the Day when the firmament
will be in dreadful commotion.
10. And the mountains will fly
hither and thither.
11. Then woe that Day to those
that treat (Truth) as
Falsehood;-
12. That play (and paddle) in
shallow trifles.
13. That Day shall they be
thrust down to the Fire of Hell,
irresistibly.
14. "This:, it will be said, "Is
the Fire,- which ye were wont to
deny!
15. "Is this then a fake, or is
it ye that do not see?
16. "Burn ye therein: the same
is it to you whether ye bear it
with patience, or not: Ye but
receive the recompense of your
(own) deeds."
17. As to the Righteous, they
will be in Gardens, and in
Happiness,-
18. Enjoying the (Bliss) which
their Lord hath bestowed on
them, and their Lord shall
deliver them from the Penalty of
the Fire.
19. (To them will be said:) "Eat
and drink ye, with profit and
health, because of your (good)
deeds."
20. They will recline (with
ease) on Thrones (of dignity)
arranged in ranks; and We shall
join them to Companions, with
beautiful big and lustrous eyes.
21. And those who believe and
whose families follow them in
Faith,- to them shall We join
their families: Nor shall We
deprive them (of the fruit) of
aught of their works: (Yet) is
each individual in pledge for
his deeds.
22. And We shall bestow on them,
of fruit and meat, anything they
shall desire.
23. They shall there exchange,
one with another, a (loving) cup
free of frivolity, free of all
taint of ill.
24. Round about them will serve,
(devoted) to them. Youths
(handsome) as Pearls
well-guarded.
25. They will advance to each
other, engaging in mutual
enquiry.
26. They will say: "Aforetime,
we were not without fear for the
sake of our people.
27. "But Allah has been good to
us, and has delivered us from
the Penalty of the Scorching
Wind.
28. "Truly, we did call unto Him
from of old: truly it is He, the
Beneficent, the Merciful!"
29. Therefore proclaim thou the
praises (of thy Lord): for by
the Grace of thy Lord, thou art
no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art
thou one possessed.
30. Or do they say:- "A Poet! we
await for him some calamity
(hatched) by Time!"
31. Say thou: "Await ye!- I too
will wait along with you!"
32. Is it that their faculties
of understanding urge them to
this, or are they but a people
transgressing beyond bounds?
33. Or do they say, "He
fabricated the (Message)"? Nay,
they have no faith!
34. Let them then produce a
recital like unto it,- If (it
be) they speak the truth!
35. Were they created of
nothing, or were they themselves
the creators?
36. Or did they create the
heavens and the earth? Nay, they
have no firm belief.
37. Or are the Treasures of thy
Lord with them, or are they the
managers (of affairs)?
38. Or have they a ladder, by
which they can (climb up to
heaven and) listen (to its
secrets)? Then let (such a)
listener of theirs produce a
manifest proof.
39. Or has He only daughters and
ye have sons?
40. Or is it that thou dost ask
for a reward, so that they are
burdened with a load of debt?-
41. Or that the Unseen in it
their hands, and they write it
down?
42. Or do they intend a plot
(against thee)? But those who
defy Allah are themselves
involved in a Plot!
43. Or have they a god other
than Allah. Exalted is Allah far
above the things they associate
with Him!
44. Were they to see a piece of
the sky falling (on them), they
would (only) say: "Clouds
gathered in heaps!"
45. So leave them alone until
they encounter that Day of
theirs, wherein they shall
(perforce) swoon (with terror),-
46. The Day when their plotting
will avail them nothing and no
help shall be given them.
47. And verily, for those who do
wrong, there is another
punishment besides this: But
most of them understand not.
48. Now await in patience the
command of thy Lord: for verily
thou art in Our eyes: and
celebrate the praises of thy
Lord the while thou standest
forth,
49. And for part of the night
also praise thou Him,- and at
the retreat of the stars! |