这是一章极其宏伟的古兰经章节,它使我们的心为之战栗,令我们为之震撼。从开篇到结尾,它始终聚焦于一件极其严肃的事情,呈现出一幅又一幅壮丽的画面。其中有些令人畏惧,有些庄严宏大,还有些描绘了苦难,但它们都以强烈的动态为特征。整体而言,这一章增强了这样一种感受:信仰与宗教是非常严肃的事情,不容许任何轻浮。这些问题的深刻性,在今世是严肃的,在后世也同样严肃。而且,按照真主自身的衡量,它的严肃性也毫不逊色。事实上,它严肃到不允许任何分心。因为,背离信仰与宗教,就会招致真主的不悦以及随之而来的一切,即使背离者恰好是真主的使者也不例外。这件事比真主的使者,乃至全人类都更加重大,因为它关乎绝对的真理,而这真理是由全世界的主所确立的。

This is an awesome surah, one that strikes terror in our hearts, shaking us up. From start to finish it focuses on something that is very serious, showing one awesome image after another. Some of these are frightening, some are majestic and others depict suffering, yet they are all characterized by strong movements. As a whole, the surah enhances the feeling that faith and religion are very serious; they admit no frivolity. The profundity of such questions is serious here in this life as also in the life to come. Furthermore, it is no less serious in Gods own measure. Indeed, it is so serious that it permits no distraction. For, to turn away from faith and religion is to incur Gods displeasure and all that is attendant with that, even though the one who turns away may happen to be Gods Messenger. It is larger than Gods Messenger, indeed all mankind, because it is the question of the truth absolute, laid down by the Lord of all the worlds.

这种印象因本章为审判日所取的名称而更加强烈,章名即"al-Haqqah"(真确之事)。这个词的声音本身就带给人一种决断、庄重和稳固落地的感觉。它听起来就像一件沉重的物体被举起,经过相当长的距离,然后稳稳地放置到位。

This impression is heightened by the very name given in this surah to the Day of Judgement and which gives it its title, al-Haqqah. The very sound of the word imparts a feeling of decisiveness, seriousness and a grounding stability. It sounds like a heavy object being lifted some considerable distance before being placed firmly into position.

这个强送气的"A"音，在其之前的拉长音带动下被提起，随后稳稳落在双写的"^"上，最后以末尾的"h"音使其固定下来。

The strongly aspirated ‘A’sound appears to be lifted by the elongated before it is firmly placed at the doubled ‘^’and then finally stabilized with the final 'h* sound.

我们看到，那些否认信仰真理和末日审判者的命运是何等严峻。一个又一个民族遭受了如此严厉的惩罚，以至于each都被彻底毁灭："赛莫德人和阿德人否认了那撞击之事。赛莫德人被一场压倒一切的灾变毁灭，阿德人则被一阵狂暴呼啸的飓风毁灭，真主让它在他们身上肆虐了七个夜晚和八个连续的昼日。你会看到他们的人民倒在地上，如同被连根拔起的空心棕榈树干。你现在还能看到他们的任何痕迹吗？法老以及在他之前的人，还有那些被毁灭的城市，都沉溺于罪恶，违抗了他们主的使者，于是真主以日益收紧的力量惩罚了他们。当洪水高涨时，我载你们于漂流的方舟之上，使此事成为你们的一个永久教训，让留心的耳朵能够领会。"（第4至12节） 因此，所有背弃信仰的人都遭受了如此严重而突然的惩罚，这与他们对这一决定性而严肃的要求所持的态度相称。由此应当认识到，信仰与宗教的问题不容许轻浮的态度，也不容许分心。

We see such great seriousness in the fates of those who denied the truth of faith and the Day of Judgement. One community after another suffered such severe punishment that each were utterly destroyed: “ The people of Thamud and Ad denied the Striker. The Thamud were destroyed by an overwhelming event, while the Ad were destroyed by a furiously howling wind, which He caused to rage upon them for seven nights and eight decisive days. You could see their people lying dead, like uprooted trunks of hollow palm trees. Can you see any trace of them now? Pharaoh, too, and those before him, and the ruined cities - all indulged in sin, and disobeyed their Lord's messenger; and so He took them to task with an ever tightening grip. When the waters rose high, We carried you in the floating Ark, making it all a lasting reminder for you, so that attentive ears may take heed.” (Verses 4-12) Thus, all those who turned away from faith suffered such grave and sudden punishments, as befit their approach to this decisive and serious requirement. It is important to realize then that this question of faith and religion admits no frivolity of approach and allows no distraction.

在这一章中，对复活日的描绘、宇宙的可怖终结，以及天使抬着宝座的更加庄严的景象，同样体现了这种庄重。“当号角吹响一次，大地和山岳被举起，并被一次猛烈的撞击而夷为平地，那必然会发生的事情，在那一天便会降临。天空将被撕裂，因为在那一天它将变得脆弱。天使将站在天的各个边缘，在那一天，八位天使将抬起你主的宝座。”（第13—17节）

Such seriousness is also seen in the picture the surah draws of the resurrection, the terrible end of the universe, and the even more majestic scene of the angels carrying the Throne: “ When the trumpet is sounded a single time, and the earth and mountains are lifted up and with one mighty crash are flattened, that which is certain to happen will on that day have come to pass. The sky will be rent asunder, for, it will have become frail on that day. The angels will stand on all its sides and, on that day, eight of them will bear aloft the Throne of your Lord.” (Verses 13—17)

这般的庄严与宏伟，为信仰这一至关重要的问题的清算场景增添了更多的严肃性。两者都有助于加深它对我们的影响，正如这一章的节拍，以及获得报酬者与注定受苦者的陈述一样。

Such awesomeness and majesty impart added seriousness to the scene of accounting for the all-important question of faith. Both help to deepen its effect on us, as do the beats of the surah and the statements of those who are granted reward and those who are doomed to suffer:

"凡右手接过自己记录的人会说：'你们来读我的记录吧！我确知我终将面对我的清算。'他将处于幸福的生活中，在高高的乐园里，果实近在手边。'你们因过去的日子里所行而得到回报，尽情地吃喝吧，且心满意足。'而左手接过自己记录的人会说：'但愿我从未看到我的记录，也从未知道我的清算！但愿死亡就此结束了我！我的财富对我毫无益处，我的权势也已全然消失。'（第19—29节）这段漫长的哀叹，让我们强烈地感受到他所遭受的可怕结局。"

"He who is given his record in his right hand will say, 'Come you all! Read this my record. I certainly knew that one day I would have to face my account.' He will be in a happy state of life, in a lofty garden, with its fruits within easy reach. 'Eat and drink to your hearts content as a reward for what you have done in days gone by ' But he who is given his record in his left hand will say, 'Would that I had never been shown my record and knew nothing of my account! Would that death had been the end of me! Nothing has my wealth availed me. I am now bereft of all my power.™ (Verses 19—29) This long lamentation gives us a strong impression of the terrible end suffered.

以下是真主亲自宣告的话语，在那伟大的日子、那庄严的场景中，祂将判决一条条说出，使整件事显得格外肃穆。“你们抓住他，给他戴上枷锁，然后把他投入火狱，再用长七十肘的锁链捆住他”（第30-32节）。这道命令中的每一个分句，都仿佛承载着天地的全部分量，向罪人降下这令人战栗的景象。

Gods own words, spelling out His sentence in the middle of that solemn scene on that great day, add to the seriousness of the whole affair: “Lay hold of him and shackle him, and burn him in the fire of hell, and then fasten him in a chain seventy cubits long” (Verses 30-32) Each clause in this command sounds as if it carries the whole weight of the heavens and earth to strike the offender in what is a terrifying image.

接着是对其理由的解释：“他从前不信仰至高无上的真主，也从不鼓励供养贫苦人。因此，今天他在此没有朋友，也没有食物，只有罪人才会吃的污秽之物。”（第33至37节）

This sentence is then followed with an explanation of its justifying causes: “He did not believe in God Almighty, and he never encouraged feeding the needy. So, no friend has he here today, nor any food except the filth that none other than the sinners eat? (Verses 33—37)

在真主自己的陈述中，对这一最终宗教之真实性的阐述紧随着一个重大誓言的暗示："我以你们所见的和你们所不见的发誓，这确是一位尊贵使者的言辞，不是诗人的言辞——你们是多么少信啊！也不是占卜者的言辞——你们是多么少想啊！这是全世界的主所降示的启示。"（第69章第38至43节）

A hint of a great oath is followed in Gods own statement outlining the truth of this final religion: ‘7 need not swear by what you can see and what you cannot see: this [Qur'an] is the word of a noble Messenger, not the word of a poet - how little you believe! nor the word of a soothsayer — how little you reflect! This [Qur'an] is a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds.” (verses 38-43)

本章结尾部分更增添了庄重的意味，它郑重警告：任何人若企图对这一信仰作出任何改动，都将遭受极其严厉的惩罚。这一警告甚至适用于安拉的使者穆罕默德ﷺ：“假若他假借我的名义编造一些话，我必定以右手抓住他，然后割断他的血脉，你们中没有一人能够保护他。”（第44至47节）

Further seriousness is provided by the surah's last beat as it issues a decisive warning of a very severe punishment to be meted out to anyone who tries to introduce any alteration into this faith. This applies even to Muhammad, Gods Messenger: “Had he attributed some fabrications to Us, We would indeed have seized him by the right hand and cut off his life-vein, and none of you could have saved him.” (verses 44-47)

本章以另一句决定性的宣告作结，使关于真主最终启示的问题——即体现在《古兰经》中的那一启示——变得绝对清楚："这确实是对敬畏者的一种教诲。"

The surah concludes with another decisive statement making the question of the final divine message as it is embodied in the Qur’an absolutely clear: “ This [Qur'an] is indeed a reminder to the God fearing.

我们深知，你们中有人否认它的真实性。然而，它必将成为不信者痛悔的根源。它确实是绝对的真理。所以，你当颂扬你至高无上的主的尊名。”（第48-52节）这是一个结尾，不留任何再添加内容的余地。

We well know that among you are some who deny its truth. Yet it will be a cause of bitter regret for the unbelievers. It is indeed truth absolute. Extol, then, the glory of the name of your Lord, the Supreme.” (Verses 48-52) It is a finale that leaves no room for anything further to be added.

该章有一个中心主题，它力求把这一主题讲得清清楚楚。它所运用的风格与节奏，以及它所描绘的图景与场景，共同作用，以极具感染力的方式把这一主题深深印入我们心中。因此，这一章给了我们大量的图景，实际上是从四面八方将我们包围。我们不可能不看见它们，仿佛它们正在我们眼前上演。在这里，我们看到了赛莫德人、阿德人、法老、所多玛与蛾摩拉的命运，并感到它们可怕的后果将我们吞没。关于大洪水以及方舟中少数幸存者的场景，则在两节简短的经文中被描绘出来。请读一读阿德人是如何遭受可怕命运的：“至于阿德人，他们被一股狂暴呼啸的飓风毁灭了，真主使这狂风对他们肆虐了七个夜晚和八个决断的日子。你能看见那些人倒在地上，像被连根拔起的空心枣树干。你现在还能看到他们的踪迹吗？”（第6-8节）你能不在心中清晰地看到这场狂风连续八天七夜肆虐，使阿德人彻底毁灭，身躯如同被连根拔起的空心树干吗？这画面如此生动，我们不得不用眼睛去看见它，用心去描绘它。对于古代不信道者所遭受的可怕命运的所有图景，也都是如此。

The surah has a central theme, which it aims to make absolutely clear. The style and beat it employs and the images and scenes it draws work in unison to drive this home to us in a highly inspiring way. Thus, the surah gives us a great host of images indeed it surrounds us with them from all sides. We cannot fail to see them brought alive as if they are taking place in front of our very eyes. Here, we see the fates of the Thamud, the 'Ad, Pharaoh, Sodom and Gomorrah and feel engulfed by their terrible effects. The scene of the great floods and the few human survivors carried in the Ark is painted in two short verses. Read, if you will, how the 'Ad suffered their terrible fate: “ The (Ad were destroyed by a furiously howling wind, which He caused to rage upon them for seven nights and eight decisive days. You could see their people lying dead, like uprooted trunks of hollow palm trees. Can you see any trace of them now? ” (Verses 6-8) Can you fail to see in your mind’s eye how this raging storm continued to vent its furious havoc for eight days and seven nights leaving the 'Ad utterly destroyed and resembling hollow, uprooted tree trunks? It is such a vivid scene that we cannot help but see it with our eyes and paint it with our minds. The same applies to all images of the terrible fates suffered by unbelievers of old.

然后，宇宙可怕的末日景象再次呈现在我们面前；我们听到伴随它们的巨响，心中充满恐惧与忧伤。请听这节经文："大地和群山被举起，然后被一次猛烈的撞击而夷为平地。"（第14节）你难道没有听见，在看到它们被举起、随后坠落之后，那一声猛烈的撞击吗？

Then again the images of the terrible end of the universe are brought before us; we hear the noise accompanying them and we are filled with terror and distress. Listen to this verse: “ The earth and mountains are lifted up and with one mighty crash are flattened. ” (Verse 14) Do you not hear that mighty crash after having seen the lifting up and then the fall?

听听这段经文：“天空将裂开，因为那日它将变得脆弱。”（第16节）这天空美丽的终结，被撕裂的悲壮景象，是否清晰地呈现在你面前？再继续听：“天使将立于天的四边，那日，将有八位天使托起你主的宝座。那日你们都将被带去受审，你们的任何秘密都不会隐藏。”（第17-18节）这一可畏场景的庄严，必定充满你的想象。

Listen again: “ The sky will be rent asunder, for, it will have become frail on that day.” (Verse 16) Does this sad end, with a beautiful sky torn apart, present itself clearly before you? Keep listening: “ The angels will stand on all its sides and, on that day, eight of them will bear aloft the Throne of your Lord. On that day you shall be brought to judgement and none of your secrets will remain hidden. ” (Verses 17-18) The majesty of this awesome scene can only but fill your imagination.