English - Chapter 69 - Al-Haqqah

The Undeniable Reality

What is the Undeniable Reality

And what shall apprise thee of the Undeniable Reality

Thamud and ?Ad denied the calamity

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overwhelming

And as for ?Ad, they were destroyed by a howling, raging wind

He imposed it upon them for seven nights and eight days consecutively, so that thou might see the people felled as if they were hollowed palm trunks

So dost thou see any remnant of them

And Pharaoh and those before him, and those subverted brought iniquity

They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, and He seized them with a devastating blow

Truly when the waters overflowed, We carried you upon the ship

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

Then when a single blast is blown in the trumpet

and the earth and mountains are borne away and ground up in a single grinding

on that Day the Event shall befall

the sky shall be rent asunder; for that Day it shall be frail

And the angels shall be at its sides; that Day eight shall carry the Throne of thy Lord above them

That Day you shall be exposed; no secret of yours shall be hidden

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

Truly I knew for certain that I would meet my reckoning.”

So he shall enjoy a life contenting

in a lofty Garden

with low-hanging clusters

Eat and drink in enjoyment for that which you did in the past in days gone by

And as for one who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, “Would that I had not been given my book

And did not know of my reckoning

Would that it were the final end

My wealth availed me not

My power has passed from me.”

Take him and shackle him

Then cast him in Hellfire

Then put him in a chain whose length is seventy cubits

Truly he did not believe in God the Magnificent

and did not urge feeding the indigent

So today he has no loyal friend here

nor food, save filth

which none eat, save the iniquitous

So I swear by what you see

and by what you see not

truly it is the speech of a noble messenger

and not the speech of a poet. Little do you believe

Nor is it the speech of a soothsayer. Little do you reflect

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

We would have taken him by the right hand

Then We would have severed his life vein

And none among you could have shielded him from it

Truly it is a reminder for the reverent

And truly We know that among you are those who deny

It is a source of regret indeed for the disbelievers

It is indeed the truth of certainty

So glorify the Name of thy Lord, the Magnificent