سُوْرَۃ الحَاقَّة

The Sure Reality! ۝ 1 What is the Sure Reality? ۝ 2 And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is? ۝ 3 The Thamud and the ´Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity! ۝ 4 But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning! ۝ 5 And the ´Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent; ۝ 6 He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled down! ۝ 7 Then seest thou any of them left surviving? ۝ 8 And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin. ۝ 9 And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty. ۝ 10 We, when the water (of Noah´s Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark), ۝ 11 That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance. ۝ 12 Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet, ۝ 13 And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,- ۝ 14 On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass. ۝ 15 And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy, ۝ 16 And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them. ۝ 17 That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden. ۝ 18 Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record! ۝ 19 "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!" ۝ 20 And he will be in a life of Bliss, ۝ 21 In a Garden on high, ۝ 22 The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near. ۝ 23 "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!" ۝ 24 And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me! ۝ 25 "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)! ۝ 26 "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me! ۝ 27 "Of no profit to me has been my wealth! ۝ 28 "My power has perished from me!"... ۝ 29 (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him, ۝ 30 "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. ۝ 31 "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits! ۝ 32 "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High. ۝ 33 "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent! ۝ 34 "So no friend hath he here this Day. ۝ 35 "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds, ۝ 36 "Which none do eat but those in sin." ۝ 37 So I do call to witness what ye see, ۝ 38 And what ye see not, ۝ 39 That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger; ۝ 40 It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe! ۝ 41 Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive. ۝ 42 (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds. ۝ 43 And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name, ۝ 44 We should certainly seize him by his right hand, ۝ 45 And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart: ۝ 46 Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath). ۝ 47 But verily this is a Message for the Allah-fearing. ۝ 48 And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it). ۝ 49 But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers. ۝ 50 But verily it is Truth of assured certainty. ۝ 51 So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High. ۝ 52