The Mountain (Al-Toor)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the mount. 1 and the Book inscribed 2 In parchment spread open 3 by the established House (Mecca), 4 By the Canopy Raised High; 5 and by the swelling sea, 6 Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur. 7 there is none to prevent it. 8 On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion 9 and the mountains shall violently fly about. 10 woe that day unto those that cry lies, 11 Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves. 12 On that day they will be violently pushed into the fire 13 (And told:) "This is the fire which you denied. 14 “So is this magic, or are you unable to see?” 15 Endure it [now]! But [whether you] bear yourselves with patience or without patience, it will be the same to you: you are but being requited for what you were wont to do." 16 Verily the God-fearing will be in Gardens and Delight. 17 Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire. 18 (They will be told): “Eat and drink to your hearts' content as a reward for your deeds.” 19 reclining on couches arranged in rows. And We shall wed them to fair maidens with large beautiful eyes. 20 And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned. 21 We shall give them fruits and meats, and what they desire. 22 In it, they accept cups from each other, in which is neither any lewdness nor any sin. 23 ۞ And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls. 24 They will go to one another asking each other questions: 25 They will say: “When we were living before among our kinsfolk we lived in constant fear (of Allah's displeasure). 26 "But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the Scorching Wind. 27 we were before ever calling upon Him; surely He is the All-benign, the All-compassionate.' 28