Al-Haqqah
Translation: Pickthall
The Reality! 69:1
What is the Reality? 69:2
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is! 69:3
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come. 69:4
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning. 69:5
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind, 69:6
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. 69:7
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them? 69:8
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error, 69:9
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip. 69:10
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship 69:11
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember. 69:12
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast 69:13
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash, 69:14
Then, on that day will the Event befall. 69:15
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail. 69:16
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them. 69:17
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden. 69:18
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book! 69:19
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning. 69:20
Then he will be in blissful state 69:21
In a high garden 69:22
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach. 69:23
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days. 69:24
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 69:25
And knew not what my reckoning! 69:26
Oh, would that it had been death! 69:27
My wealth hath not availed me, 69:28
My power hath gone from me. 69:29
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him 69:30
And then expose him to hell-fire 69:31
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits. 69:32
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous, 69:33
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched. 69:34
Therefor hath he no lover here this day, 69:35
Nor any food save filth 69:36
Which none but sinners eat. 69:37
But nay! I swear by all that ye see 69:38
And all that ye see not 69:39
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger. 69:40
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe! 69:41
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember! 69:42
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. 69:43
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us, 69:44
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand 69:45
And then severed his life-artery, 69:46
And not one of you could have held Us off from him. 69:47
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil). 69:48
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it). 69:49
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers. 69:50
And lo! it is absolute truth. 69:51
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord. 69:52