The sure Truth
What is the sure Truth
And what would make thee realize what the sure Truth is
Thamud and ‘Ad called the calamity a lie
Then as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the severe punishment
And as for ‘Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent wind
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days continuously, so that thou mightest have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were trunks of hollow palm-trees
So canst thou see a remnant of them
And Pharaoh and those before him and the overthrown cities wrought evil
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so he punished them with a vehement punishment
Surely We carried you in the ship, when the water rose high
That We might make it a reminder for you, and that the retaining ear might retain it
So when the trumpet is blown with a single blast
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with one crash -
On that day will the Event come to pass
And the heaven will be cleft asunder; so that day it will be frail
And the angels will be on its sides. And above them eight will bear that day thy Lord’s Throne of Power
On that day you will be exposed to view -- no secret of yours will remain hidden
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! Read my book
Surely I knew that I should meet my account
So he will be in a life of bliss
In a lofty Garden
Its fruits are near
Eat and drink pleasantly for that which you sent on before in bygone days
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand -- he will say: O would that my book had not been given to me
And I had not known what my account was
O would that (death) had made an end (of me)
My wealth has not availed me
My authority has gone from me
Seize him, then fetter him
Then cast him into the burning Fire
Then insert him in a chain the length of which is seventy cubits
Surely he believed not in Allah, the Great
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor
Therefore he has not here this day a true friend
Nor any food except refuse
Which none but the wrongdoers eat
But nay! I swear by that which you see
And that which you see not
Surely, it is the word of an honoured Messenger
And it is not the word of a poet. Little is it that you believe
Nor the word of a soothsayer. Little is it that you mind
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds
And if he had fabricated against Us certain sayings
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand
Then cut off his heart’s vein
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him
And surely it is a Reminder for the dutiful
And We certainly know that some of you are rejectors
And it is indeed a (source of) grief to the disbelievers
And surely it is the certain Truth
So glorify the name of thy Lord, the Incomparably Great