QuranIslamAccepted ScriptureArabicShareQuran 52George Sale - EnglishMoreVersion - 3 availableGeorge SaleRodwellTanzil Uthmani ArabicGeorge SaleRodwellArabicLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Quran 1Quran 2Quran 3Quran 4Quran 5Quran 6Quran 7Quran 8Quran 9Quran 10Quran 11Quran 12Quran 13Quran 14Quran 15Quran 16Quran 17Quran 18Quran 19Quran 20Quran 21Quran 22Quran 23Quran 24Quran 25Quran 26Quran 27Quran 28Quran 29Quran 30Quran 31Quran 32Quran 33Quran 34Quran 35Quran 36Quran 37Quran 38Quran 39Quran 40Quran 41Quran 42Quran 43Quran 44Quran 45Quran 46Quran 47Quran 48Quran 49Quran 50Quran 51Quran 52Quran 53Quran 54Quran 55Quran 56Quran 57Quran 58Quran 59Quran 60Quran 61Quran 62Quran 63Quran 64Quran 65Quran 66Quran 67Quran 68Quran 69Quran 70Quran 71Quran 72Quran 73Quran 74Quran 75Quran 76Quran 77Quran 78Quran 79Quran 80Quran 81Quran 82Quran 83Quran 84Quran 85Quran 86Quran 87Quran 88Quran 89Quran 90Quran 91Quran 92Quran 93Quran 94Quran 95Quran 96Quran 97Quran 98Quran 99Quran 100Quran 101Quran 102Quran 103Quran 104Quran 105Quran 106Quran 107Quran 108Quran 109Quran 110Quran 111Quran 112Quran 113Quran 114›Quran 52Quran 52ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1BY the mountain of Sinai; and by the book written in an expanded scroll;a and by the visited house;b 2and 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. 3And unto those who believe, and whose offspring follow them in the faith, we will join their offspring in paradise: and we will not diminish unto them aught of the merit of their works. (Every man is given in pledge for that which he shall have wrought.c) 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: 4verily 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 creators of themselves? Did they create the heavens and the earth? Verily they are not firmly persuaded that God hath created them.d Are the stores of thy LORD in their hands? Are they the supreme dispensers of all things? 5Have they a ladder whereby they may ascend to heaven, and hear the discourses of angels? Let one, therefore, who hath heard them, produce an evident proof thereof. Hath God daughters, and have ye sons?e 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 degrees? Do they seek to lay a plot against thee? But the unbelievers are they who shall be circumvented.f 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.g Wherefore leave them, until they arrive at their day wherein they shall swoon for fear:h 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:i 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; 6and praise him in the night-season, and when the stars begin to disappear. ‹Previous chapterQuran 51Next chapterQuran 53›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsQuran 52 across 3 versionsShow all 3George Sale - George SaleRodwell - RodwellArabic - Tanzil Uthmani ArabicTap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg