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