69. Al-Haaqqa

1 The Reality

2 What is the Reality

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is

4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come

5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning

6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind

7 Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees

8 Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them

9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip

11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember

13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash

15 Then, on that day will the Event befall

16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail

17 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them

18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden

19 Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book

20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning

21 Then he will be in blissful state

22 In a high garden

23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach

24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days

25 But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book

26 And knew not what my reckoning

27 Oh, would that it had been death

28 My wealth hath not availed me

29 My power hath gone from me

30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

31 And then expose him to hell-fire

32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits

33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous

34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched

35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day

36 Nor any food save filth

37 Which none but sinners eat

38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see

39 And all that ye see not

40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger

41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe

42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember

43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds

44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us

45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

46 And then severed his life-artery

47 And not one of you could have held Us off from him

48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil)

49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it)

50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers

51 And lo! it is absolute truth

52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord