By the Name
God
the Fount-of-All-Mercy
the Ever-Merciful
the Truly Real
what is the Truly Real?
and what will teach you
what is the Truly Real?
Thamood and Ad
refused to believe
in the crushing blow
and as for Thamood
they were destroyed
by a deafening blast
and as for Ad
they were destroyed
by a howling raging wind
that Hu sent against them
for seven nights
and eight days
without stopping
and you could see the people
lying flattened by it
as if they were fallen trees
do you see anything
left of them?
in the same way
Pharaoh
and those before him
and the ruined cities
all made a great mistake
and they disobeyed
the Messenger of their Liege
and Hu seized them
with an ever tighter grip
when the flood waters rose
We carried you
in the floating ship
so We could make it
a Reminder for you
to stay in the hearing
of those who pay attention
so when the Trumpet is blown
with a single blast
and the earth
and the mountains
are lifted up
and crushed
with a single blow
then on that day
the terror will come to pass
and heaven will be split open
for on that day
it will be easy to break
and the Angels
will stand on its borders
and on that day
eight will carry on high
the Throne of your Liege
on that day
you will be exposed
not one secret of yours
will be hidden
then as for those
who are given their Book
in their right hand
they shall say
"Here
take and read my Book
certainly I thought
that I would meet with
my reckoning"
so they shall have
a pleasant life
in a high garden
its fruit in bunches
hanging close enough to pick
eat and drink
with good appetite
for what you did before
in the days that are gone
but as for those
who are given their Book
in their left hand
they shall say
"If only I had not
been given my Book
and did not know
my reckoning
if only death had been
the end of me
my wealth has not helped me
my power has gone from me"
take them and chain them
then roast them in the fire
then put them in chains
seventy cubits long
they never believed
in God the All-Powerful
and they never urged
the feeding of the poor
so today they do not have
one loyal friend here
nor any food
except foul pus
that no-one eats
except those who do wrong
no
I swear by what you see
and by what
you do not see
it is the speech
of a noble Messenger
it is not the speech
of a poet
little do you believe
nor the speech
of a fortune teller
little do you remember
it is a sending down from
the Liege of
all the worlds
had he made up anything
and said it was from Us
We would have seized him
by the right hand
and cut open
his life vein
and not one of you
could have defended him
surely it is a Reminder
to those who are
Mindful of God
but We know that
some of you
will call it lies
surely it is a sorrow
to those who are
ungrateful
but indeed it is
the certain truth
so glorify
the Name of your Liege
the All-Mighty
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