Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
The Inevitable Reality -
The Sure Reality!
What is the sure calamity!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
What is the Sure Reality?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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 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.
He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm - trees tumbled down!
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Then do you see of them any remains?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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 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 will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
So he will be in a pleasant life -
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
In a lofty garden,
In an elevated garden,
In a Garden on high,
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
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 he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
And I had not known what my account was:
And had not known what is my account.
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
My wealth has not availed me.
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My authority is gone away from me.
Gone from me is my authority."
"My power has perished from me!"...
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Then into Hellfire drive him.
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Nor any food except refuse,
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
None will eat it except the sinners.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
So I swear by what you see
So I do call to witness what ye see,
And that which you do not see.
And what you do not see
And what ye see not,
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
We would have seized him by the right hand;
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And most surely it is the true certainty
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.