Therefor hath he no lover here this day

Nor any food save filth

Which none but sinners eat

But nay! I swear by all that ye see

And all that ye see not

That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger

It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe

Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us

We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

And then severed his life-artery

And not one of you could have held Us off from him

And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil)

And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it)

And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers

And lo! it is absolute truth

So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord

The Reality

What is the Reality

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is

(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning

And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind

Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees

Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them

And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error

And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip