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| 1. * | OH, THE LAYING-BARE of the truth! [1]1 |
| 2. * | How awesome that laying-bare of the truth! |
| 3. * | And what could make thee conceive what that laying-bare of the truth will be? [2]2 |
| 4. * | THE LIE gave [the tribes of] Thamud and `Ad to [all tidings of] that sudden calamity! [3]3 |
| 5. * | Now as for the Thamud - they were destroyed by a violent upheaval [of the earth]; [4]4 |
| 6. * | and as for the `Ad - they were destroyed by a storm wind furiously raging, |
| 7. * | which He willed against them for seven nights and eight days without cease, so that in the end thou couldst see those people laid low [in death], as though they were so many [uprooted] trunks of hollow palm trees: |
| 8. * | and dost thou now see any remnant of them? |
| 9. * | And there was Pharaoh, too, and [many of] those who lived before him, and the cities that were overthrown [5]5 - [all of them] indulged in sin upon sins |
| 10. * | and rebelled against their Sustainer's apostles: and so He took them to task with a punishing grasp exceedingly severe! |
| 11. * | [And] behold: when the waters [of Noah's flood] burst beyond all limits, it was We who caused you [6]6 to be borne [to safety] in that floating ark, |
| 12. * | so that We might make all this [7]7 a [lasting] reminder to you all, and that every wide-awake ear might consciously take it in. |
| 13. * | Hence, [bethink yourselves of the Last Hour,] when the trumpet [of judgment] shall be sounded with a single blast, |
| 14. * | and the earth and the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with a single stroke! |
| 15. * | And so, that which must come to pass [8]8 will on that day have come to pass; |
| 16. * | and the sky will be rent asunder [9]9 - for, frail will it have become on that Day - ; |
| 17. * | and the angels [will appear] at its ends, [10]10 and, above them, eight will bear aloft on that Day the throne of thy Sustainer's almightiness... [11]11 |
| 18. * | On that Day you shall be brought to judgment: not [even] the most hidden of your deeds will remain hidden. |
| 19. * | Now as for him whose record shall be placed in his right hand, [12]12 he will exclaim: "Come you all!" Read this my record! |
| 20. * | Behold, I did know that [one day] I would have to face my account! [13]13 |
| 21. * | And so he will find himself in a happy state of life, |
| 22. * | in a lofty paradise, |
| 23. * | with its fruits within easy reach. |
| 24. * | [And all who are thus blest will be told:] "Eat and drink with good cheer in return for all [the good deeds] that you have sent ahead in days gone by!" |
| 25. * | But as for him whose record shall be placed in his left hand, [14]14 he will exclaim: "Oh, would that I had never been shown this my record, |
| 26. * | and neither known this my account! |
| 27. * | Oh, would that this [death of mine] had been the end of me! |
| 28. * | Of no avail to me is all that I have [ever] possessed, |
| 29. * | [and] all my power of argument has died away from me!" [15]15 |
| 30. * | Thereupon the command will go forth:] "Lay hold of him, and shackle him, [16]16 |
| 31. * | and then let him enter hell, |
| 32. * | and then thrust him into a chain [of other sinners like him [17]17 - a chain] the length whereof is seventy cubits: [18]18 |
| 33. * | for, behold, he did not believe in God, the Tremendous, |
| 34. * | and did not feel any urge [19]19 to feed the needy: |
| 35. * | and so, no friend has here today, |
| 36. * | nor any food save the filth |
| 37. * | which none but the sinners eat!" [20]20 |
| 38. * | BUT NAY! I call to witness an that you can see, |
| 39. * | as well as all that you cannot see! [21]21 |
| 40. * | Behold, this [Quran] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle, |
| 41. * | and is not - however little you may [be prepared to] believe it - the word of a poet; |
| 42. * | and neither is it - however little you may [be prepared to] take it to heart - the word of a soothsayer: |
| 43. * | [it is] a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds. |
| 44. * | Now if he [whom We have entrusted with it] had dared to attribute some [of his own] sayings unto Us, |
| 45. * | We would indeed have seized him by his right hand, [22]22 |
| 46. * | and would indeed have cut his life-vein. |
| 47. * | and none of you could have saved him! |
| 48. * | And, verily, this [Qur'an] is a reminder to all the God-conscious! [23]23 |
| 49. * | And, behold, well do We know that among you are such as will give the lie to it: |
| 50. * | yet, behold, this [rejection] will indeed become a source of bitter regret for all who deny the truth [of God's revelation] - |
| 51. * | for, verily, it is truth absolute! |
| 52. * | Extol, then the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's mighty name! |