English - Chapter 69 - Al-Haqqah

The Haqqah

What is the Haqqah

And what will make you understand what the Haqqah is

The Thamud and the ‘Ad people denied the striking calamity

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the Thunderbolt

As for 'Ad they were destroyed by a furious windstorm

which He let loose on them for seven nights and eight successive days. Had you been there, you would have seen them lying prostrate as though they were hollow trunks of the palm-trees

Now, do you see any of them alive

Pharaoh and those before him, and the inhabitants of the overthrown cities also committed similar sins

and disobeyed the Messengers of their Lord, so He gripped them with a tight grip

Just consider the great flood of Noah, when the water rose high, We carried you (O mankind) in the floating Ark

that We may make that event a warning for you so that all attentive ears may retain its memory

As for the dooms- day, it shall come, when the Trumpet will be blown with a single blast

On that day the Great Event will come to pass

heaven shall split asunder, and the day shall seem flimsy

The angels will stand all around and eight of them will be carrying the Throne of your Lord above them

That shall be the day when you will be brought before your Lord, and none of your secrets shall remain hidden

Then he, who will be given his Book of Deeds in his right hand, will say: "Here it is, read my Book of deeds

I knew that I would certainly face my reckoning

So he will have a life of pleasure

in a lofty garden

with clusters of fruit within his reach

We shall say to him: "Eat and drink to your heart's content; this is a reward for what you did in the days gone by

While he, who will be given his Book of Deeds in his left hand, will say: "Woe to me, would that I had not been given my Book of Deeds

nor known what my account was

Would that my death had ended all

My wealth had availed me nothing

and my authority has gone away from me

We shall say: "Seize him and put a chain around his neck

then cast him in the blazing fire

then fasten him with a chain seventy cubits long

For he did not believe in Allah, the Most High

nor did he care to feed the poor

Today he neither has a true friend here

nor any food except the pus from the washing of wounds

which none but the wrongdoers eat

Nay! I swear by all that you can see

and all that you cannot see

that this is the word of a noble Messenger

It is not the word of a poet - little is it that you believe

nor is it the word of a soothsayer - little admonition is that you take

This is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

Had he (Muhammad) invented false statements concerning Us

We would certainly have seized him by his right hand

then cut off his main artery

and none of you could prevent it

Surely this Qur’an is a reminder to the Godfearing

We know that there are some among you who deny it

and for such disbelievers it is indeed a cause of despair

Yet surely it is the absolute truth

So glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High