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69. Al-Haqqah - The Sure Truth
| 1 | THE CONCRETE REALITY. |
| 2 | What is the concrete reality? |
| 3 | What do you comprehend by the concrete reality? |
| 4 | The Thamud and 'Ad denied the consequential calamity. |
| 5 | So destroyed were the Thamud by a storm of thunder and lightning; |
| 6 | And the 'Ad were destroyed by the furious cold blast of roaring wind |
| 7 | Which He sent to assail them for seven nights and eight days running. You should have seen the people prostrate like the decayed trunks of date-palm trees. |
| 8 | Do you see any trace of them? |
| 9 | Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes. |
| 10 | When they disobeyed the apostle of their Lord He seized them with an overwhelming punishment. |
| 11 | When the water rose in flood, We bore you in the ark, |
| 12 | In order to make it a warning for you, and that the ear retentive may preserve it. |
| 13 | When the single blast is sounded on the trumpet, |
| 14 | And the earth and mountains heaved and crushed to powder with one levelling blow, |
| 15 | On that Day will come what is to come. |
| 16 | The sky will cleave asunder on that day and fall to pieces. |
| 17 | On its fringes will be angels, eight of them, bearing their Lord's throne aloft. |
| 18 | You will then be set before Him, and not one of you will remain unexposed. |
| 19 | He who is given his ledger in his right hand, will say: "Here, read my ledger. |
| 20 | I was certain I'll be given my account." |
| 21 | So he shall have an agreeable life |
| 22 | In high empyrean |
| 23 | With fruits hanging low within reach, |
| 24 | (And told:) "Eat and drink to your fill as reward for (good) deeds you had done in days of yore." |
| 25 | But whosoever gets his ledger in his left hand, will say: "Would that I were never given my ledger, |
| 26 | And not known my account! |
| 27 | I wish death had put an end to me. |
| 28 | Of no use was even my wealth. |
| 29 | Vanished has my power from me." |
| 30 | "Seize him and manacle him, |
| 31 | Then cast him to be burnt in Hell; |
| 32 | And string him to a chain seventy cubits long. |
| 33 | He did not believe in God the supreme, |
| 34 | Nor urged others to feed the poor. |
| 35 | That is why he has no friend today, |
| 36 | Nor food other than suppuration (filth) |
| 37 | Which none but the hellish eat." |
| 38 | So, I call to witness what you see |
| 39 | And what you do not see, |
| 40 | That this is indeed the word of the noble Messenger, |
| 41 | And not the word of a poet. How little is it that you believe! |
| 42 | Nor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little is it that you reflect! |
| 43 | It has been sent down by the Lord of all the worlds. |
| 44 | Had he attributed falsely any words to Us, |
| 45 | We would have seized him by his right hand, |
| 46 | Then cut off his aorta, |
| 47 | And not one of you would have been able to stop (Us). |
| 48 | It is really a reminder for those who fear God and follow the straight path. |
| 49 | We certainly know that some among you do deny it. |
| 50 | It is surely the nemesis of unbelievers. |
| 51 | And He, He is indeed the ultimate Reality. |
| 52 | So glorify your Lord, the most supreme. |