— 52 verses
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 stat
In a high garde
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 boo
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 hi
And then expose him to hell-fir
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 filt
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