| | Shabbir Ahmed rendition of Surah The Reality, The Inevitable(al-Haqqah)
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| 69:1 | | The Inevitable Reality |
| 69:2 | | How awesome is the Inevitable Reality |
| 69:3 | | Ah, what can give you an idea what the Inevitable Reality is |
| 69:4 | | Thamud and Aad denied the oncoming Uproar |
| 69:5 | | As for Thamud, they were destroyed by a thunderous blast |
| 69:6 | | And as for Aad, they were annihilated with raging hurricane winds |
| 69:7 | | Which He made it rage upon them for seven long nights and eight long days. Such that you could imagine those people as uprooted hollow palm-trunks. (54:20) |
| 69:8 | | Now, can you see any remnants of them |
| 69:9 | | And there came Pharaoh, and many others before him, and the townships that were overthrown. All of them committed fault upon fault |
| 69:10 | | For, they disobeyed the respective Messenger of their Lord. Consequently, He grasped them with a firm grasp |
| 69:11 | | Behold! When waters topped the levels, We carried you upon the watercraft |
| 69:12 | | (These events are conveyed to you) so that We might make it a lesson for you, and that any attentive ear might take it to memory |
| 69:13 | | Hence, think when the Trumpet will be sounded with a single Blast |
| 69:14 | | And the earth will be moved and the mountains, and struck with a stroke |
| 69:15 | | Then, on that Day when the Episode will come to pass |
| 69:16 | | And when the sky will be rent asunder, such that frail will it be that Day |
| 69:17 | | And the Divine Laws in Nature will rally around and your Lord's Supreme Control will reign over eight Universes that Day. (Instead of the current seven) |
| 69:18 | | On the Day you will be brought, not a single hidden deed of yours will remain hidden |
| 69:19 | | Then he who is given his record in his right hand, will say, "Come all of you around! Read this my record |
| 69:20 | | Behold, I always thought that my account would be given to me." |
| 69:21 | | Then he will be in a state of Bliss |
| 69:22 | | In a lofty Garden |
| 69:23 | | With its fruit at hand |
| 69:24 | | Eat and drink gleefully for what you did in the days past |
| 69:25 | | But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I was never given my record |
| 69:26 | | And knew not my account |
| 69:27 | | Oh, could this be the end of me |
| 69:28 | | Of no help is my wealth |
| 69:29 | | Vanquished is all my control." |
| 69:30 | | Take him and shackle him! (Halt from further development) |
| 69:31 | | And then hurl him in the blazing flame of his deeds |
| 69:32 | | And then make him a link in the very long chain of people like him. (Seventy cubits = Very long) |
| 69:33 | | Behold, he failed to grace himself with faith in Allah, the Tremendous |
| 69:34 | | And arranged not to feed the needy |
| 69:35 | | And so, he has no friend here today |
| 69:36 | | Nor any food but the discarded shreds he gave to others |
| 69:37 | | Which none eat but those who faulted through life |
| 69:38 | | But nay, I call to witness all that you see (that actions have consequences of their like) |
| 69:39 | | And all that you see not (the subtle progression of the Law of Requital) |
| 69:40 | | Behold, this is indeed the revealed Word in the dialect of a noble Messenger |
| 69:41 | | This is not the speech of a poet. Seldom do you reach conviction |
| 69:42 | | Nor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little of your intellect do you bring to use |
| 69:43 | | It is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds |
| 69:44 | | And if he had ascribed his sayings unto Us |
| 69:45 | | We would have taken him by the right hand |
| 69:46 | | And would have cut off his Aorta |
| 69:47 | | And none of you could stop Us from doing that |
| 69:48 | | But, verily, it is a Reminder and a giver of eminence to those who wish to walk aright |
| 69:49 | | And behold, We know well that among you will be deniers |
| 69:50 | | And behold, this denial will become a source of regret for the rejecters |
| 69:51 | | For, verily, it is Truth Absolute |
| 69:52 | | Therefore, work hard to manifest the Glory of your Lord's Tremendous Name |
