English - Chapter 69 - Al-Haqqah

The Reality (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)

What is the Reality

And what will make you know what the Reality is

Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah [the striking Hour (of Judgement]

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry

And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind

Which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms

Do you see any remnants of them

And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lout (Lot)] committed sin

And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He punished them with a strong punishment

Verily! When the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah]

That We might make it a remembrance for you, and the keen ear (person) may (hear and) understand it

Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one)

And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing

Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall

And the heaven will split asunder, for that Day it (the heaven will be frail (weak), and torn up

And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them

That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden

Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Take, read my Record

Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account

So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing

In a lofty Paradise

The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand

Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past

And that I had never known, how my Account is

I wish, would that it had been my end (death)

My wealth has not availed me

My power and arguments (to defend myself) have gone from me

(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him

Then throw him in the blazing Fire

Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits

Verily, He used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great

And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)

So no friend has he here this Day

Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds

None will eat except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists, etc)

So I swear by whatsoever you see

And by whatsoever you see not

That this is verily the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibrael (Gabriel) or Muhammad SAW which he has brought from Allah

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

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller), little is that you remember

This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)

And if he (Muhammad SAW) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah)

We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might)

And then certainly should have cut off his life artery (Aorta)

And none of you could withhold Us from (punishing) him

And verily, this Quran is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (pious - see V)

And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Quran). [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. 29, Page]

And indeed it (this Quran) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection)

And Verily, it (this Quran) is an absolute truth with certainty

So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great