Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The Inevitable Reality -
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 Inevitable Reality?
What is the Inevitable?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
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 for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
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 Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
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 ?
Then do you see of them any remains?
Do you see any remnants of them?
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
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 messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
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
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
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.
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of 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
Then when the Horn is blown with one 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 lifted and leveled with one blow -
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.
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
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 will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
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 are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
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.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
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!
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
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.
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Then he will be in blissful state
So he will be in a pleasant life -
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
In a high garden
In an elevated garden,
In a lofty Paradise,
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
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.
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
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
But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
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 had not known what is my account.
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
Oh, would that it had been death!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
My wealth hath not availed me,
My wealth has not availed me.
"My wealth has not availed me;
My power hath gone from me.
Gone from me is my authority."
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
So no friend has he here this Day,
Nor any food save filth
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Which none but sinners eat.
None will eat it except the sinners.
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
So I swear by what you see
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
And all that ye see not
And what you do not see
And by whatsoever you see not,
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
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 do 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 do you remember.
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 Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] 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 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 have cut from him the 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 there is no one of you who could prevent [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 indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
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 indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
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 indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
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 indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.