At-Tur

By the Mount, a Book inscribed on unrolled parchment, the much-visited House, the canopy raised high and the sea set aflame: the punishment of your Lord will surely come, and no one can push it back. On the Day the sky sways and the mountains move away, woe to the deniers, who will be told, “This is the Fire you used to deny. Is this magic, then?” The righteous will be in gardens and bliss, eating and drinking in happiness, reclining on couches in rows. Their children who followed them in faith will be joined to them. They will turn to one another and say: “Before, among our families, we used to be fearful, and Allah saved us. We used to call on Him.” So remind them: you are not a soothsayer, nor a madman. Then come the questions. Do they say “A poet” or “He made it up”? Then let them bring a speech like it. Were they created from nothing, or are they the creators? Did they create the heavens and the earth? Do they hold the treasures of your Lord? Do they have a ladder to listen to heaven? Do they have a god other than Allah? If they saw a piece of the sky falling, they would say, “Clouds, heaped up.” So leave them until their Day, be patient for your Lord’s decision, for you are in Allah’s sight, and glorify Him when you rise, in the night and as the stars fade away.