English - Chapter 69 - Al-Haqqah

THE CONCRETE REALITY

What do you comprehend by the concrete reality

The Thamud and 'Ad denied the consequential calamity

So destroyed were the Thamud by a storm of thunder and lightning

And the 'Ad were destroyed by the furious cold blast of roaring wind

Which He sent to assail them for seven nights and eight days running. You should have seen the people prostrate like the decayed trunks of date-palm trees

Do you see any trace of them

Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes

When they disobeyed the apostle of their Lord He seized them with an overwhelming punishment

When the water rose in flood, We bore you in the ark

In order to make it a warning for you, and that the ear retentive may preserve it

When the single blast is sounded on the trumpet

And the earth and mountains heaved and crushed to powder with one levelling blow

On that Day will come what is to come

The sky will cleave asunder on that day and fall to pieces

On its fringes will be angels, eight of them, bearing their Lord's throne aloft

You will then be set before Him, and not one of you will remain unexposed

He who is given his ledger in his right hand, will say: "Here, read my ledger

I was certain I'll be given my account

So he shall have an agreeable life

In high empyrean

With fruits hanging low within reach

(And told:) "Eat and drink to your fill as reward for (good) deeds you had done in days of yore

But whosoever gets his ledger in his left hand, will say: "Would that I were never given my ledger

And not known my account

I wish death had put an end to me

Of no use was even my wealth

Vanished has my power from me

Seize him and manacle him

Then cast him to be burnt in Hell

And string him to a chain seventy cubits long

He did not believe in God the supreme

Nor urged others to feed the poor

That is why he has no friend today

Nor food other than suppuration (filth)

Which none but the hellish eat

So, I call to witness what you see

And what you do not see

That this is indeed the word of the noble Messenger

And not the word of a poet. How little is it that you believe

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little is it that you reflect

It has been sent down by the Lord of all the worlds

Had he attributed falsely any words to Us

We would have seized him by his right hand

Then cut off his aorta

And not one of you would have been able to stop (Us)

It is really a reminder for those who fear God and follow the straight path

We certainly know that some among you do deny it

It is surely the nemesis of unbelievers

And He, He is indeed the ultimate Reality

So glorify your Lord, the most supreme