Translation of the Holy Koran by Shakir
 
Sura 52 Aya 1 to 49
 
  1   [ 52: 1 ] I swear by the Mountain,
  2   [ 52: 2 ] And the Book written
  3   [ 52: 3 ] In an outstretched fine parchment,
  4   [ 52: 4 ] And the House ( Kaaba ) that is visited,
  5   [ 52: 5 ] And the elevated canopy
  6   [ 52: 6 ] And the swollen sea
  7   [ 52: 7 ] Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;
  8   [ 52: 8 ] There shall be none to avert it;
  9   [ 52: 9 ] On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
  10   [ 52: 10 ] And the mountains shall pass away passing away ( altogether ).
  11   [ 52: 11 ] So woe on that day to those who reject ( the truth ),
  12   [ 52: 12 ] Those who sport entering into vain discourses.
  13   [ 52: 13 ] The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence.
  14   [ 52: 14 ] This is the fire which you used to give the lie to.
  15   [ 52: 15 ] Is it magic then or do you not see?
  16   [ 52: 16 ] Enter into it, then bear ( it ) patiently, or do not bear ( it ) patiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited only ( for ) what you did.
  17   [ 52: 17 ] Surely those who guard ( against evil ) shall be in gardens and bliss
  18   [ 52: 18 ] Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire.
  19   [ 52: 19 ] Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
  20   [ 52: 20 ] Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to large-eyed beautiful ones.
  21   [ 52: 21 ] And ( as for ) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not diminish to them aught of their work; every man is responsible for what he shall have wrought.
  22   [ 52: 22 ] And We will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they desire.
  23   [ 52: 23 ] They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin.
  24   [ 52: 24 ] And round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were hidden pearls.
  25   [ 52: 25 ] And some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other.
  26   [ 52: 26 ] Saying: Surely we feared before on account of our families:
  27   [ 52: 27 ] But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the punishment of the hot wind:
  28   [ 52: 28 ] Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the Benign, the Merciful.
  29   [ 52: 29 ] Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman.
  30   [ 52: 30 ] Or do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents of time.
  31   [ 52: 31 ] Say: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who wait.
  32   [ 52: 32 ] Nay! do their understandings bid them this? Or are they an inordinate people?
  33   [ 52: 33 ] Or do they say: He has forged it. Nay! they do not believe.
  34   [ 52: 34 ] Then let them bring an announcement like it if they are truthful.
  35   [ 52: 35 ] Or were they created without there being anything, or are they the creators?
  36   [ 52: 36 ] Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! they have no certainty.
  37   [ 52: 37 ] Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been set in absolute authority?
  38   [ 52: 38 ] Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.
  39   [ 52: 39 ] Or has He daughters while you have sons?
  40   [ 52: 40 ] Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a debt?
  41   [ 52: 41 ] Or have they the unseen so that they write ( it ) down?
  42   [ 52: 42 ] Or do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in war.
  43   [ 52: 43 ] Or have they a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they set up ( with Him ).
  44   [ 52: 44 ] And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they would say: Piled up clouds.
  45   [ 52: 45 ] Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon ( with terror ):
  46   [ 52: 46 ] The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall they be helped.
  47   [ 52: 47 ] And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that ( in the world ), but most of them do not know.
  48   [ 52: 48 ] And wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, for surely you are before Our eyes, and sing the praise of your Lord when you rise;
  49   [ 52: 49 ] And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the setting of the stars.