Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
The Sure Reality!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the Inevitable?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
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!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
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!
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!
Then do you see of them any remains?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Do you see any remnants of them?
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 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, 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.
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
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),
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 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.
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
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, -
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
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 heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
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.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
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.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
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!
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
So he will be in a pleasant life -
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
In an elevated garden,
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty Paradise,
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
[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!"
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
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!
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 had not known what is my account.
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
My wealth has not availed me.
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
"My wealth has not availed me;
Gone from me is my authority."
"My power has perished from me!"...
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
Then into Hellfire drive him.
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
So no friend has he here this Day,
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
None will eat it except the sinners.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
So I swear by what you see
So I do call to witness what ye see,
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
And what you do not see
And what ye see not,
And by whatsoever you see not,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
That this is verily the word of an honoured 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].
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!
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
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.
(This is) a Message sent down 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 Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
We would have seized him by the right hand;
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.