- The Reality!
- What is the Reality ?
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
- (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to
come.
- As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
- And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
- Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long
days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they
were hollow trunks of palm-trees.
- Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
- And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that
were destroyed, brought error,
- And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did
He grip them with a tightening grip.
- Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
- That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering
ears (that heard the story) might remember.
- And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
- And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and
crushed with one crash,
- Then, on that day will the Event befall.
- And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be
frail.
- And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will
uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
- On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be
hidden.
- Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he
will say: Take, read my book!
- Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
- Then he will be in blissful state
- In a high garden
- Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
- (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at
ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
- But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he
will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book
- And knew not what my reckoning!
- Oh, would that it had been death!
- My wealth hath not availed me,
- My power hath gone from me.
- (It will be said): Take him and fetter him
- And then expose him to hell-fire
- And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy
cubits.
- Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
- And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
- Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
- Nor any food save filth
- Which none but sinners eat.
- But nay! I swear by all that ye see
- And all that ye see not
- That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
- It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
- Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
- It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
- And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
- We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
- And then severed his life-artery,
- And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
- And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
- And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
- And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
- And lo! it is absolute truth.
- So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.