Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah [the striking Hour (of Judgement)]!
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As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
QURAN 69:5
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind;
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Which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
QURAN 69:7
Do you see any remnants of them?
QURAN 69:8
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lout (Lot)] committed sin,
QURAN 69:9
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He punished them with a strong punishment.
QURAN 69:10
Verily! When the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)].
QURAN 69:11
That We might make it a remembrance for you, and the keen ear (person) may (hear and) understand it.
QURAN 69:12
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one),
QURAN 69:13
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing,
QURAN 69:14
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall,
QURAN 69:15
And the heaven will split asunder, for that Day it (the heaven will be frail (weak), and torn up,
QURAN 69:16
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
QURAN 69:17
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
QURAN 69:18
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Take, read my Record!
QURAN 69:19
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
QURAN 69:20
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
QURAN 69:21
In a lofty Paradise,
QURAN 69:22
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
QURAN 69:23
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
QURAN 69:24
But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
QURAN 69:25
"And that I had never known, how my Account is?
QURAN 69:26
"I wish, would that it had been my end (death)!
QURAN 69:27
"My wealth has not availed me,
QURAN 69:28
"My power and arguments (to defend myself) have gone from me!"
QURAN 69:29
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him,
QURAN 69:30
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
QURAN 69:31
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
QURAN 69:32
Verily, He used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
QURAN 69:33
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor),
QURAN 69:34
So no friend has he here this Day,
QURAN 69:35
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds,
QURAN 69:36
None will eat except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists, etc.).
QURAN 69:37
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
QURAN 69:38
And by whatsoever you see not,
QURAN 69:39
That this is verily the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibrael (Gabriel) or Muhammad SAW which he has brought from Allah].
QURAN 69:40
It is not the word of a poet, little is that you believe!
QURAN 69:41
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller), little is that you remember!
QURAN 69:42
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).
QURAN 69:43
And if he (Muhammad SAW) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah),
QURAN 69:44
We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
QURAN 69:45
And then certainly should have cut off his life artery (Aorta),
QURAN 69:46
And none of you could withhold Us from (punishing) him.
QURAN 69:47
And verily, this Quran is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (pious - see V. 2:2).
QURAN 69:48
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Quran). [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. 29, Page 68]
QURAN 69:49
And indeed it (this Quran) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
QURAN 69:50
And Verily, it (this Quran) is an absolute truth with certainty.