The Besieger
What is the Besieger?
What will show you what is the Besieger?
Thamud and ‘a€d denied the Catastrophe
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the Cry
And as for ‘a€d, they were destroyed by a fierce icy gale
which He disposed against them for seven grueling nights and eight days, so that you could have seen the people lying about therein prostrate as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees
So do you see any trace of them
Then brought Pharaoh and those who were before him, and the towns that were overturned, iniquity
Then they disobeyed the apostle of their Lord, so He seized them with a terrible seizing
Indeed when the Flood rose high, We carried you in a floating ark
that We might make it a reminder for you, and that receptive ears might remember it
When the Trumpet is blown with a single blas
and the earth and the mountains are lifted and levelled with a single leveling
then, on that day, will the Imminent [Hour] befall
and the sky will be split open —for it will be frail that day—
and the angels will be all over it, and the Throne of your Lord will be borne that day by eight [angels]
That day you will be exposed: none of your secrets will remain hidden
As for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say, ‘Here, take and read my book
Indeed I knew that I shall encounter my account.’
So he will have a pleasant life
in an elevated garden
whose clusters [of fruits] will be within easy reach
[He will be told]: ‘Enjoy your food and drink, for what you had sent in advance in past days.’
But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, ‘I wish I had not been given my book
nor had I ever known what my account is
I wish death had been the end of it all
My wealth did not avail me
My authority has departed from me.’
[The angels will be told:] ‘Seize him, and fetter him
Then put him into hell
Then, in a chain whose length is seventy cubits, bind him
Indeed he had no faith in Allah, the All-supreme
and he did not urge the feeding of the needy
so he has no friend here today
nor any food except pus
which no one shall eat except the iniquitous.’
I swear by what you se
and what you do not see
it is indeed the speech of a noble apostle
and it is not the speech of a poet. Little is the faith that you have
Nor is it the speech of a soothsayer. Little is the admonition that you take
Gradually sent down from the Lord of all the worlds
Had he faked any sayings in Our name
We would have surely seized him by the right han
and then cut off his aorta
and none of you could have held Us off from him
Indeed it is a reminder for the Godwary
Indeed We know that there are some among you who deny [it]
And indeed it will be a [matter of] regret for the faithless
It is indeed certain truth
So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme