By the mountain of Sinai
and by the book written
in an expanded scroll
and by the visited house
and by the elevated roof of heaven
and by the swelling ocean
Verily the punishment of thy Lord will surely descend
there shall be none to withhold it
On that day the heaven shall be shaken, and shall reel
and the mountains shall walk and pass away
And on that day woe be unto those who accused God's apostles of imposture
who amused themselves in wading in vain disputes
On that day shall they be driven and thrust into the fire of hell
and it shall be said unto them, this is the fire which ye denied as a fiction
Is this a magic illusion? Or do ye not see
Enter the same to be scorched: Whether ye bear your torments patiently, or impatiently, it will be equal unto you: Ye shall surely receive the reward of that which ye have wrought
But the pious shall dwell amidst gardens and pleasures
delighting themselves in what their Lord shall have given them: And their Lord shall deliver them from the pains of hell
And it shall be said unto them, eat and drink with easy digestion; because of that which ye have wrought
Leaning on couches disposed in order: And We will espouse them unto virgins having large black eyes
And unto those who believe, and whose off-spring follow them in the faith, We will join their off-spring in paradise: And We will not diminish unto them ought of the merit of their works. -- Every man is given in pledge for that which he shall have wrought. -
And we will give them fruits in abundance, and flesh of the kinds which they shall desire
They shall present unto one another therein a cup of wine, wherein there shall be no vain discourse, nor any incitement unto wickedness
And youths appointed to attend them, shall go round them: Beautiful as pearls hidden in their shell
And they shall approach unto one another, and shall ask mutual questions
And they shall say, verily we were heretofore amidst our family, in great dread with regard to our state after death
But God hath been gracious unto us, and hath delivered us from the pain of burning fire
For we called on him heretofore; and he is the beneficent, the merciful
Wherefore do thou, O prophet, admonish thy people. Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, a soothsayer, or a madman
Do they say, he is a poet: We wait, concerning him, some adverse turn of fortune
Say, wait ye my ruin: Verily I wait, with you, the time of your destruction
Do their mature understandings bid them say this; or are they people who perversely transgress
Do they say, he hath forged the Koran? Verily they believe not
Let them produce a discourse like unto it, if they speak truth
Were they created by nothing; or were they the creators of themselves
Did they create the heavens and the earth? Verily they are not firmly persuaded that God hath created them
Are the stores of thy Lord in their hands? Are they the supreme dispensers of all things
Have they a ladder, whereby they may ascend to heaven, and hear the discourses of the angels? Let one, therefore, who hath heard them, produce an evident proof thereof
Hath God daughters, and have ye sons
Dost thou ask them a reward for thy preaching? But they are laden with debts
Are the secrets of futurity with them; and do they transcribe the same from the table of God's decrees
Do they seek to lay a plot against thee? But the unbelievers are they who shall be circumvented
Have they any god, besides God? Far be God exalted above the idols which they associate with Him
If they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down upon them, they would say, it is only a thick cloud
Wherefore leave them, until they arrive at their day wherein they shall swoon for fear
A day, in which their subtle contrivances shall not avail them at all, neither shall they be protected
And those who act unjustly shall surely suffer another punishment besides this: But the greater part of them do not understand
And wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord concerning them; for thou art in our eye: And celebrate the praise of thy Lord, when thou risest up
and praise Him in the night-season, and when the stars begin to disappear