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