CHAPTER 52.  THE MOUNTAIN                                                    SECTION 1.  PART XXVII

IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  BY THE MOUNT OF REVELATION

2  BY A DECREE OF INSCRIPTION

3  IN A SCROLL
UNROLLED

4  BY THE HOUSE VISITED FREQUENTLY

5  BY THE ELEVATED CANOPY

6  BY THE SWOLLEN SEA

7  FROM YOUR LORD WILL COME THE DESTRUCTION

8  IT CANNOT BE AVERTED BY ANYONE

9  THE DAY WHEN THE HEAVEN WILL BE IN A STATE OF COMMOTION

10  AND THE MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE AWAY
WITH A HORRIBLE MOVEMENT ON THAT DAY

11  THEY WHO TREAT TRUTH AS FALSEHOOD, WOE TO THEM THAT DAY

12  WHO IN SHALLOW TRIFLES PADDLE AND PLAY

13  THEY WILL BE THROWN INTO THE HELL FIRE THAT DAY

14  IT WILL BE SAID, THIS IS THE FIRE 
OF WHICH YOU WERE A DENIER

15  IS THIS THEN SORCERY
OR IS IT YOU THAT DO NOT SEE?

16  BURN IN IT, TO YOU THE SAME IS IT 
WHETHER WITH OR WITHOUT PATIENCE YOU BEAR IT 
FOR YOU WILL ONLY RECEIVE IN IT 
THE RECOMPENSE OF YOUR DEEDS BECAUSE OF IT

17  AS TO THE RIGHTEOUS 
THEY WILL BE IN GARDENS AND IN HAPPINESS

18  ENJOYING THE BLISS THEIR LORD HAS BESTOWED ON THEM 
AND FROM THE FIRE THEIR LORD WILL DELIVER THEM 

19   TO THEM WILL BE SAID, DRINK AND EAT
WITH PROFIT AND HEALTH BECAUSE OF YOUR GOOD DEEDS

20  THEY WILL RECLINE WITH EASE ON THRONES OF DIGNITY
ARRANGED IN RANKS AND WE WILL  ADDITIONALLY
JOIN THEM TO COMPANIONS WITH EYES OF BEAUTY

21  AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE
AND ARE FOLLOWED BY THEIR FAMILIES  
WE WILL THEN JOIN THEM TO THEIR FAMILIES 
NOR WILL WE DEPRIVE THEM OF THE FRUITS OF THEIR DEEDS 
YET IS EACH INDIVIDUAL IN PLEDGE FOR HIS DEEDS

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22  WE WILL BESTOW ON THEM FRUIT AND MEAT
WHATEVER THEY WILL DESIRE TO EAT

23  THEY WILL EXCHANGE WITH EACH OTHER A CUP FREE OF FRIVOLITY 
FREE OF ALL TAINT AND ANYTHING DIRTY

24  SERVING THEM WILL BE YOUTHS DEVOTED 
HANDSOME AS PEARLS WELL GUARDED

25  THEY WILL ADVANCE TO EACH OTHER 
ENGAGING IN MUTUAL QUESTIONING WITH EACH OTHER

26  THEY WILL SAY, WE WERE INDEED
AFRAID FOR OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES

27  BUT GOD HAS BEEN GRACIOUS TO US
AND FROM THE TORMENT OF THE FIRE HAS SAVED US

28  WE DID CALL ON HIM PREVIOUSLY
AND HE IS FULL OF FORGIVENESS AND MERCY

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CHAPTER 52.  THE MOUNTAIN                                                    SECTION 2.  PART XXVII

29  THEREFORE PROCLAIM THE PRAISES OF YOUR CREATOR 
FOR BY THE GRACE OF YOUR LORD YOU ARE NEITHER
POSSESSED NOR A SOOTHSAYER

30  OR DO THEY SAY, A POET IS HE
WE AWAIT FOR HIM SOME CALAMITY 

31  SAY, WAIT, I TOO 
WILL WAIT ALONG WITH YOU 

32  IS IT THAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING URGES THEM TO THIS
 OR ARE THEY BUT PEOPLE THAT TRANSGRESS? 

33  OR DO THEY SAY HE FABRICATED THE REVELATION?  
NO, THEY ARE PEOPLE IN REJECTION

34  LET THEM THEN PRODUCE A SAYING LIKE IT
IF THEY SPEAK TRUTHFULLY ABOUT IT

35  WERE THEY CREATED OF NOTHING 
OR WERE THEY THE CREATORS OF THEIR OWN BEINGS?

36  OR DID THEY CREATE HEAVEN AND EARTH?  
NO, THEY ARE SURELY DISBELIEVERS 

37  OR ARE WITH THEM YOUR LORD'S TREASURES
OR ARE THEY THE MANAGERS OF AFFAIRS?

38  OR CAN THEY CLIMB UP TO THE HEAVENS ON A LADDER
AND LISTEN TO ITS SECRETS?  THEN LET SUCH A LISTENER 
PRODUCE PROOF OF THEIR ENDEAVORS

39  OR DO YOU HAVE SONS AND HAS HE ONLY DAUGHTERS? 

40  OR IS IT THAT YOU ASK FOR A REWARD SO THAT THEY 
ARE BURDENED WITH A LOAD OF DEBT TO PAY?

41  OR IS THE UNSEEN IN THEIR HANDS
SO THAT THEY CAN WRITE IT WITH THEIR HANDS?

42  OR DO THEY INTEND AGAINST YOU A PLOT? 
BUT THOSE WHO DEFY GOD ARE INVOLVED IN A PLOT

43  OR HAVE THEY A GOD OTHER THAN GOD?
FAR IS GOD ABOVE THE THINGS THEY ASSOCIATE WITH GOD

44  IF THEY SAW A PIECE OF THE SKY FALLING DOWN ON THE EARTH 
THEY WOULD SAY, THESE ARE ONLY CLOUDS HEAPED UP TOGETHER

45  SO LEAVE THEM ALONE UNTIL THEY ENCOUNTER 
THAT DAY WHEN THEY WILL SWOON WITH HORROR

46  THE DAY WHEN NONE OF THEIR PLOTTING WILL AVAIL THEM  
AND NO HELP WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM

47  AND FOR THOSE WHO DO WRONG THERE IS ANOTHER PUNISHING  
BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING

48  YOU ARE IN OUR EYES SO WAIT FOR THE JUDGMENT OF YOUR LORD 
AND WHEN YOU RISE, CELEBRATE THE PRAISES OF YOUR LORD 

49  AND FOR PART OF THE NIGHT ALSO PRAISE HIM 
AND AT THE RETREAT OF THE STARS GIVE PRAISE TO HIM

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