English - Chapter 69 - Al-Haqqah

The Imminent Happening

What is the Imminent Happening

And what can let you know what the Imminent happening is

Thamud and ‘Ad had denied (the happening of) the Shocking Event (the Day of Judgment)

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by that (dreadful cry), which exceeded all limits

And as for ‘Ad, they were destroyed by a violent windstorm

that He imposed on them for seven nights and eight consecutive days; so you could see them thrown on the ground, as if they were trunks of hollow palm-trees

Now, do you see any remnant of them

And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and those before him and the overthrown towns came up with evil

and they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an extremely severe seizure

When the water overflowed (in the Deluge of NuH), We let you (O mankind,) board the floating ship

so that We make it a reminder for you, and so that a preserving ear (that hears their story) may preserve it

Then, once the Trumpet will be blown for the first time

and the earth and the mountains will be lifted and crushed into pieces with a single blow

then on that Day the Happening will happen

and the sky will burst apart, while it will have become frail on that day

And the angels will be on its borders. And on that Day, the Throne of your Lord will be carried above them by eight (angels)

On that day, you will be brought forward in a way that no secret of yours will remain secret

Now, as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say (to his colleagues), .Come here, read my book

I was sure that I would encounter my reckoning

So he will be in a well-pleasing life

in a lofty garden

the fruits of which will be close at hand

(It will be said to such people,) .Eat and drink with pleasure, as a reward for what you did in advance during past days

As for him who will be given his book in his left hand, he will say, . Oh, would that I had not been given my book

and I had never known what my account is

Oh, would that it (death) had been the end of the matter

My wealth has not been of any use to me

(Then it will be said to angels,) .Seize him, then put a collar around his neck

and then, let him burn in the blazing fire

Thereafter, fasten him with a chain the measure of which is seventy hands

Indeed, he did not believe in Allah, the Almighty

and did not persuade (others) to feed the needy

So, he has no friend here today

nor any food except that which comes out from wounds when washing

which is eaten by none but the sinners

I swear by what you see

and what you do not see

it is surely the speech of a noble Messenger, (that he conveys from Allah)

and it is not the speech of a poet, (but) little you believe

nor is it the speech of a soothsayer, (but) little you heed to the advice

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

Had he (the prophet) forged some statements in Our name

We would have certainly seized him by the right hand

and then severed his life-artery

and none of you could have saved him from it

It is infact a Reminder for the God-fearing

And, of course, We know that among you there are deniers

And surely, it is a cause of remorse for the disbelievers

And it is surely an absolute truth

So, pronounce the purity of the name of your magnificent Lord