— 52 verses
The sure calamity
What is the sure calamity
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms
Do you then see of them one remaining
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins
And they disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing
On that day shall the great event come to pass
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power
On that day you shall be exposed to view-- no secret of yours shall 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 shall meet my account
So he shall be in a life of pleasure
In a lofty garden
The fruits of which are near at hand
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me
And I had not known what my account was
O would that it had made an end (of me)
My wealth has availed me nothing
My authority is gone away from me
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him
Then cast him into the burning fire
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor
Therefore he has not here today 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 do not see
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored 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 some of the sayings
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil)
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers
And most surely it is the true certaint
Therefore-glorify the name of your Lord, the Great