English - Chapter 69 - Al-Haqqah

The Inevitable Hour

What is the Inevitable Hour

How do you know what the Inevitable Hour is

Thamūd and ‘Ād denied the striking calamity of the Hour

As for Thamūd, they were destroyed by a dreadful blast

And as for ‘Ād, they were destroyed by a furious windstorm

which He unleashed against them for seven successive nights and eight days, so you would see the people lying dead as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees

Do you see any trace of them now

Also Pharaoh and those who came before him, and the overturned cities [of Lot] committed grave sin

each disobeying the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a severe punishment

Indeed, when the floodwater overflowed, We carried you [O humans] in the sailing Ark

so that We might make it a reminder for you, and that attentive ears may take heed

Then when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast

and the earth and mountains are lifted up and crushed with a single blow

on that Day the Inevitable Event will occur

with the angels on all its sides, and on that Day, eight [mighty angels] will bear the Throne of your Lord above them

On that day, you will be brought forth [before Allah], and none of your secrets will remain hidden

As for the one who is given his Record in his right hand, he will say, “Here is my Record, read it

I was sure that I would meet my reckoning.”

So he will be in a pleasant life

in a lofty garden

with clustered fruit within his reach

[They will be told,] “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”

As for the one who is given his Record in his left hand, he will say, “Would that I had not been given my Record

nor had I known anything of my reckoning

Would that it [death] had been the end of me

My wealth has been of no avail to me

My authority has vanished.”

[It will be said,] “Seize him and shackle him

then make him burn in the Blazing Fire

then tie him up with chain of seventy cubits long

For he did not believe in Allah, the Most Great

nor did he encourage feeding the needy

So Today he will have no close friend here

nor any food except the discharge of wounds

none will eat it except the sinners.”

I swear by what you can see

and what you cannot see

Indeed, this is the word of a noble Messenger

and it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer; little do you take heed

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

If he had falsely attributed something to Us

We would have surely seized him by the right hand

then severed his aorta

and none of you could have rescued him

This [Qur’an] is indeed a reminder for those who are righteous

And We surely know that some of you will be deniers

and it will certainly be a source of regret for the disbelievers

And this is indeed the absolute truth

So glorify the name of your Lord, the Most Great