| 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.
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