The Infallible
what is the Infallible
and what should make thee know what the Infallible is
Thamud and 'Ad called the Striking Day a lie
but as for Thamud they perished by the shock
and as for 'Ad they perished with the violent cold blast of wind
which He subjected against them for seven nights and eight days consecutively
Thou mightest see the people therein prostrate as though they were palm stumps thrown down, and canst thou see any of them left
And Pharaoh and those before him of the overturned Cities committed sins
and they rebelled against the apostle of their Lord, and He seized them with an excessive punishment
Verily, we, when the water surged, bore you on it in a sailing ship
to make it a memorial for you, and that the retentive ear might hold it
And when the trumpet shall be blown with one blast
and the earth shall be borne away, and the mountains too, and both be crushed with one crushing
on that day shall the inevitable happen
and the heaven on that day shall be cleft asunder, for on that day shall it wane
and the angels upon the sides thereof; and above them on that day shall eight bear the throne of thy Lord
On the day when ye shall be set forth no hidden thing of yours shall be concealed
And as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall say, 'Here! take and read my book
Verily, I thought that I should meet my reckoning;
and he shall be in a pleasing life
in a lofty garden
whose fruits are nigh to cull
'Eat ye and drink with good digestion, for what ye did aforetime in the days that have gone by!
But as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say, 'O, would that I had not received my book
I did not know what my account would be
O, would that it had been an end of me
my wealth availed me not
my authority has perished from me!
'Take him and fetter him
then in hell broil him
then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits force him
verily, he believed not in the mighty God
nor was he particular to feed the poor
therefore he has not here today any warm friend
nor any food except foul ichor
which none save sinners shall eat!
I need not swear by what ye se
or what ye do not see
verily, it is the speech of a noble apostle
and it is not the speech of a poet:- little is it ye believe
And it is not the speech of a soothsayer,- little is it that ye mind!
a revelation from the Lord of the worlds
Why if he had invented against us any sayings
we would have seized him by the right hand
then we would have cut his jugular vein
nor could any one of you have kept us off from him
Verily, it is a memorial to the pious
and, verily, we know that there are amongst you those who say it is a lie
and, verily, it is a source of sighing to the misbelievers
and, verily, it is certain truth
Therefore celebrate the name of thy mighty Lord