Verse 52:24 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
20 مُتَّكِءِینَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِینࣲ ۝٢٠ muttakiīna ʿalā sururin maṣfūfatin wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīni They are comfortably seated on couches arranged in rows; We pair them with beautiful-eyed maidens 21 وَٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّیَّتُهُم بِإِیمَـٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّیَّتَهُمۡ وَمَاۤ أَلَتۡنَـٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَیۡءࣲۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِىِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِینࣱ ۝٢١ wa-alladhīna āmanū wa-ittabaʿathum dhurriyyatuhum biīmānin alḥaqnā bihim dhurriyyatahum wamā alatnāhum min ʿamalihim min shayin kullu im'ri-in bimā kasaba rahīnu We unite the believers with their offspring who followed them in faith–– We do not deny them any of the rewards for their deeds: each person is in pledge for his own deeds–– 22 وَأَمۡدَدۡنَـٰهُم بِفَـٰكِهَةࣲ وَلَحۡمࣲ مِّمَّا یَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٢٢ wa-amdadnāhum bifākihatin walaḥmin mimmā yashtahūn We provide them with any fruit or meat they desire 23 یَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ فِیهَا كَأۡسࣰا لَّا لَغۡوࣱ فِیهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِیمࣱ ۝٢٣ yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kasan lā laghwun fīhā walā tathīmu They pass around a cup which does not lead to any idle talk or sin
24 ۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ ۝٢٤ wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim ghil'mānun lahum ka-annahum lu'lu-on maknūnu Devoted youths like hidden pearls wait on them
25 وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ۝٢٥ wa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn They turn to one another and say 26 قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِیۤ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِینَ ۝٢٦ qālū innā kunnā qablu fī ahlinā mush'fiqīn ‘When we were still with our families [on earth] we used to live in fear–– 27 فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَیۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧ famanna l-lahu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿadhāba l-samūm God has been gracious to us and saved us from the torment of intense heat 28 إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ۝٢٨ innā kunnā min qablu nadʿūhu innahu huwa l-baru l-raḥīm We used to pray to Him: He is the Good, the Merciful One.’

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