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)!
The sure calamity!
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the Inevitable?
What is the sure calamity!
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity 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)!
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
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 to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
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 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.
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Do you see any remnants of them?
Do you then see of them one remaining?
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 Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
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 Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
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)]
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
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.
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
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 is blown with a single 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 and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
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 shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall 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 shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
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 you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain 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 book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! 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 shall meet my account.
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty Paradise,
In a lofty garden,
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
The fruits of which are near at hand:
"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!
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
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 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 that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
And I had not known what my account was:
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
"My wealth has not availed me;
My wealth has availed me nothing:
"My power has perished from me!"...
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
My authority is gone away from me.
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
Then cast him into the burning 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!"
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which 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,
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
So no friend has he here this Day,
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
"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 except refuse,
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
So I do call to witness what ye see,
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
And what ye see not,
And by whatsoever you see not,
And that which you do not see.
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].
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
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!
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you 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 the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
(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 fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
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 would certainly have seized 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),
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
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 withheld Us 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 most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against 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 most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
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 most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
And most surely it is the true certainty
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.