English - Chapter 69 - Al-Haqqah

The Reality

What is the Reality

What will make you understand what the Reality is

Thamood and Aad denied the Catastrophe

As for Thamood, they were annihilated by the Overwhelming

And as for Aad; they were annihilated by a furious, roaring wind

He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, in succession. You could see the people tossed around, as though they were stumps of hollow palm-trees

Can you see any remnant of them

Then Pharaoh came, and those before him, and the Overturned Cities steeped in sin

But they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an overpowering grip

When the waters overflowed, We carried you in the cruising ship

To make it a lesson for you—so that retaining ears may retain it

Then, when the Trumpet is sounded a single time

And the earth and the mountains are lifted up, and crushed, with a single crush

On that Day, the Event will come to pass

And the heaven will crack; so on that Day it will be frail

And the angels will be ranged around its borders, while eight will be carrying the Throne of your Lord above them that Day

On that Day you will be exposed, and no secret of yours will remain hidden

As for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say, “Here, take my book and read it

I knew I would be held accountable.”

So he will be in pleasant living

In a lofty Garden

Its pickings are within reach

“Eat and drink merrily for what you did in the days gone by.”

But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, “I wish I was never given my book

And never knew what my account was

If only it was the end

My money cannot avail me

My power has vanished from me.”

“Take him and shackle him

Then scorch him in the Blaze

Then in a chain which length is seventy cubits tie him up

For he would not believe in God the Great

Nor would he advocate the feeding of the destitute

So he has no friend here today

And no food except scum

Which only the sinners eat.”

Indeed, I swear by what you see

It is the speech of a noble messenger

And it is not the speech of a poet—little do you believe

Nor is it the speech of a soothsayer—little do you take heed

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds

Had he falsely attributed some statements to Us

We would have seized him by the right arm

Then slashed his lifeline

And none of you could have restrained Us from him

Surely, it is a message for the righteous

And We know that some of you will reject it

And it is surely a source of grief for the unbelievers

Yet it is the absolute truth

So glorify the name of your Lord, the Magnificent