Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The sure calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
What is the Reality ?
What is the sure calamity!
What is the Inevitable?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent 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.
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.
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!
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Do you see any remnants of them?
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
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)]
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Then he will be in blissful state
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
In a high garden
In a lofty garden,
In a lofty Paradise,
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The fruits of which are near at hand:
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:
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!
And knew not what my reckoning!
And I had not known what my account was:
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
Oh, would that it had been death!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
My wealth hath not availed me,
My wealth has availed me nothing:
"My wealth has not availed me;
My power hath gone from me.
My authority is gone away from me.
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
So no friend has he here this Day,
Nor any food save filth
Nor any food except refuse,
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Which none but sinners eat.
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
And all that ye see not
And that which you do not see.
And by whatsoever you see not,
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
And then severed his life - artery,
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
And lo! it is absolute truth.
And most surely it is the true certainty
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.