# Sura  52 - The Mountain

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> SURA LII (52) - The Mountain     Mecca - 49 Verses              (XLIV - 63   
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        By the mountain,
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>        And by the Book written
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>        On an outspread roll,
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>        And by the frequented fane,
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>        And by the lofty vault,
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>        And by the swollen sea,
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>        Verily, a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent,
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>        And none shall put it back.
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>        Reeling on that day the Heaven shall reel,
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> 52:10  And stirring shall the mountains stir.
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>        And woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars,
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>        Who plunged for pastime into vain disputes -
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>        On that day shall they be trust with thrusting to the fire of Hell: -
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>        "This is the fire which ye treated as a lie.
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>        What! is this magic, then? or, do ye not see it?
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>        Burn ye therein: bear it patiently or impatiently 'twill be the same to
> you: for ye shall assuredly receive the reward of your doings."
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>        But mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God,
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>        Rejoicing in what their Lord have given them; and that from the pain of
> hell-fire hath their Lord preserved them.
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>        "Eat and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds."
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> 52:20  On couches ranged in rows shall they recline; and to the damsels with
> large dark eyes will we wed them.
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>        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.
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>        And fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall
> desire:
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>        Therein shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no
> light discourse, no motive to sin:
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>        And youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls:
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>        And shall accost one another and ask mutual questions.
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>        "A time indeed there was," will they say, "when we were full of care as
> to the future lot of our families;
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>        But kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he
> preserved us;
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>        For, heretofore we called upon Him - and He is the Beneficent, the
> Merciful."
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>        Warn thou, then.  Four thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither
> soothsayer nor possessed.
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> 52:30  Will they say, "A poet! let us await some adverse turn of his fortune?"
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>        Say, wait ye, and in sooth I too will wait with you.
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>        Is it their dreams which inspire them with then? or is it that they are
> a perverse people?
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>        Will they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?"  Nay, rather it
> is that they believed not.
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>        Let them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth.
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>        Were they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves?
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>        Created they the Heavens and the Earth?  Nay, rather, they have no
> faith.
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>        Hold they thy Lord's treasures?  Bear they the rule supreme?
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>        Have they a ladder for hearing the angels?  Let any one who hath heard
> them bring a clear proof of it.
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> 52:40  Asked thou pay of them? they are themselves weighed down with debts.
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>        Have they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them
> down?
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>        Desire they to lay snares for thee?  But the snared ones shall be they
> who do not believe.
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>        Have they any God beside God?  Glory be to God above what they join with
> Him.
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>        And should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would
> say, "It is only a dense cloud."
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>        Leave them then until they come face to face with the day when they
> shall swoon away:
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>        A day in which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall
> they be helped.
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>        And verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evil-doers: but
> most of them know it not.
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>        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,
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>        And in the night-season:  Praise him when the stars are setting.
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> — *Sura  52 - The Mountain*