Verses 52 — Makki; Revealed at Mecca —
Sections 2
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful
1. The Sure Reality!
2. What is the Sure Reality?
3. And what will make thee realise what
the Sure Reality is?
4. The Thamud and the 'Ad People
(branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
5. But the Thamud,— they were destroyed
by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
6. And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by
a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
7. He 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!
8. Then seest thou any of them left
surviving?
9. And Pharaoh, and those before him,
and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
10. And disobeyed (each) the apostle of
their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
11. We, when the water (of Noah's
Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating
(Ark),
12. That 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.
13. Then, when one blast is sounded on
the Trumpet,
14. And the earth is moved, and its
mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,—
15. On that Day shall the (Great) Event
come to pass.
16. And the sky will be rent asunder,
for it will that Day be flimsy,
17. And the angels will be on its
sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
18. That Day shall ye be brought to
Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
19. Then he that will be given his
Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
20. "I did really understand that
my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
21. And he will be in a life of Bliss,
22. In a Garden on high,
23. The Fruits whereof (will hang in
bunches) low and near.
24. "Eat ye and drink ye, with
full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days
that are gone!"
25. And he that will be given his
Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been
given to me!
26. "And that I had never realised
how my account (stood)!
27. "Ah! Would that (Death) had
made an end of me!
28. "Of no profit to me has been
my wealth!
29. "My power has perished from
me!"...
30. (The stern command will say):
"Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
31. "And burn ye him in the
Blazing Fire.
32. "Further, make him march in a
chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
33. "This was he that would not
believe in Allah Most High.
34. "And would not encourage the
feeding of the indigent!
35. "So no friend hath he here
this Day.
36. "Nor hath he any food except
the corruption from the washing of wounds,
37. "Which none do eat but those
in sin."
38. So I do call to witness what ye
see,
39. And what ye see not,
40. That this is verily the word of an
honoured apostle;
41. It is not the word of a poet: little
it is ye believe!
42. Nor is it the word of a soothsayer:
little admonition it is ye receive.
43. (This is) a Message sent down from
the Lord of the Worlds.
44. And if the apostle were to invent
any sayings in Our name,
45. We should certainly seize him by
his right hand,
46. And We should certainly then cut
off the artery of his heart:
47. Nor could any of you withhold him
(from Our wrath).
48. But verily this is a Message for
the Allah.fearing.
49. And We certainly know that there
are amongst you those that reject (it).
50. But truly (Revelation) is a cause
of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
51. But verily it is Truth of assured
certainty.
52. So glorify the name of thy Lord
Most High.
The Holy Qur'an
Translated by Abdullah
Yusuf Ali
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