69. Al-Haaqqa سُورَةُ الحَاقَّةِ
Yusuf AliThe Sure Reality
Yusuf AliWhat is the Sure Reality
Yusuf AliAnd what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is
Yusuf AliThe Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity
Yusuf AliBut the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning
Yusuf AliAnd the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent
Yusuf AliHe 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
Yusuf AliAnd Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin
Yusuf AliAnd disobeyed (each) the apostle of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty
Yusuf AliWe, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark)
Yusuf AliThat 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
Yusuf AliThen, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet
Yusuf AliAnd the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke
Yusuf AliOn that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass
Yusuf AliAnd the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy
Yusuf AliAnd the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them
Yusuf AliThat Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden
Yusuf AliThen he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record
Yusuf AliI did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me
Yusuf AliThe Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near
Yusuf AliEat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone
Yusuf AliAnd he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me
Yusuf AliAnd that I had never realised how my account (stood)
Yusuf AliAh! Would that (Death) had made an end of me
Yusuf AliMy power has perished from me
Yusuf Ali(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him
Yusuf AliFurther, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits
Yusuf AliThis was he that would not believe in God Most High
Yusuf AliAnd would not encourage the feeding of the indigent
Yusuf AliSo no friend hath he here this Day
Yusuf AliNor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds
Yusuf AliWhich none do eat but those in sin
Yusuf AliThat this is verily the word of an honoured apostle
Yusuf AliIt is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe
Yusuf AliNor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive
Yusuf Ali(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds
Yusuf AliAnd if the apostle were to invent any sayings in Our name
Yusuf AliAnd We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart
Yusuf AliNor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath)
Yusuf AliBut verily this is a Message for the God-fearing
Yusuf AliAnd We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it)
Yusuf AliBut truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers
Yusuf AliBut verily it is Truth of assured certainty