Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Sure Reality!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the Inevitable?
What is the Reality ?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
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)!
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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!
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.
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Do you see any remnants of them?
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
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 Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
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.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
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)]
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
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.
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
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.
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
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 heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
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.
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
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.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
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!
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
Then he will be in blissful state
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty Paradise,
In a high garden
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
"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!
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
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!
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 that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
And knew not what my reckoning!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
Oh, would that it had been death!
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
"My wealth has not availed me;
My wealth hath not availed me,
"My power has perished from me!"...
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
My power hath gone from me.
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
And then expose him to hell - fire
"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!"
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
So no friend has he here this Day,
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Nor any food save filth
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
Which none but sinners eat.
So I do call to witness what ye see,
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And what ye see not,
And by whatsoever you see not,
And all that ye see not
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].
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
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!
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
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!
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
(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).
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
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),
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
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 then severed his life - artery,
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
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 lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
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 lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
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 lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
And lo! it is absolute truth.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.