69. THE REALITY (al-Haqqah)

In the name of Allah,
the Gracious, the Merciful

1. The Reality.
2. What is the Reality?
3. What will make you understand what the
   Reality is?
4. Thamood and Aad denied the Catastrophe.
5. As for Thamood, they were annihilated by
   the Overwhelming.
6. And as for Aad; they were annihilated by a
   furious, roaring wind.
7. He unleashed it upon them for seven nights
   and eight days, in succession. You could see
   the people tossed around, as though they
   were stumps of hollow palm-trees.
8. Can you see any remnant of them?
9. Then Pharaoh came, and those before him,
   and the Overturned Cities steeped in sin.
10. But they disobeyed the messenger of their
    Lord, so He seized them with an overpowering grip.
11. When the waters overflowed, We carried
    you in the cruising ship.
12. To make it a lesson for you—so that retaining ears may retain it.
13. Then, when the Trumpet is sounded a single time.
14. And the earth and the mountains are lifted
    up, and crushed, with a single crush.
15. On that Day, the Event will come to pass.
16. And the heaven will crack; so on that Day
    it will be frail.
17. And the angels will be ranged around its
    borders, while eight will be carrying the
    Throne of your Lord above them that Day.
18. On that Day you will be exposed, and no
    secret of yours will remain hidden.
19. As for him who is given his book in his
    right hand, he will say, “Here, take my book
    and read it.
20. I knew I would be held accountable.”
21. So he will be in pleasant living.
22. In a lofty Garden.
23. Its pickings are within reach.
24. “Eat and drink merrily for what you did in
    the days gone by.”
25. But as for him who is given his book in his
    left hand, he will say, “I wish I was never
    given my book.
26. And never knew what my account was.
27. If only it was the end.
28. My money cannot avail me.
29. My power has vanished from me.”
30. “Take him and shackle him.
31. Then scorch him in the Blaze.
32. Then in a chain which length is seventy cubits tie him up.
33. For he would not believe in Allah the
    Great.
34. Nor would he advocate the feeding of the
    destitute.
35. So he has no friend here today.
36. And no food except scum.
37. Which only the sinners eat.”
38. Indeed, I swear by what you see.
39. And by what you do not see.
40. It is the speech of a noble messenger.
41. And it is not the speech of a poet—little do
    you believe.
42. Nor is it the speech of a soothsayer—little
    do you take heed.
43. It is a revelation from the Lord of the
    Worlds.
44. Had he falsely attributed some statements
    to Us.
45. We would have seized him by the right
    arm.
46. Then slashed his lifeline.
47. And none of you could have restrained Us
    from him.
48. Surely, it is a message for the righteous.
49. And We know that some of you will reject
    it.
50. And it is surely a source of grief for the unbelievers.
51. Yet it is the absolute truth.
52. So glorify the name of your Lord, the Magnificent