| | Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) rendition of Surah The Reality, The Inevitable(al-Haqqah)
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| 69:1 | | The Sure Reality |
| 69:2 | | What is the Sure Reality |
| 69:3 | | And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is |
| 69:4 | | The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity |
| 69:5 | | But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning |
| 69:6 | | And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent |
| 69:7 | | 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 |
| 69:8 | | Then seest thou any of them left surviving |
| 69:9 | | And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin |
| 69:10 | | And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty |
| 69:11 | | We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark) |
| 69:12 | | 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 |
| 69:13 | | Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet |
| 69:14 | | And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, |
| 69:15 | | On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass |
| 69:16 | | And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy |
| 69:17 | | And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them |
| 69:18 | | That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden |
| 69:19 | | Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record |
| 69:20 | | "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!" |
| 69:21 | | And he will be in a life of Bliss |
| 69:22 | | In a Garden on high |
| 69:23 | | The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near |
| 69:24 | | "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!" |
| 69:25 | | 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 |
| 69:26 | | "And that I had never realised how my account (stood) |
| 69:27 | | "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me |
| 69:28 | | "Of no profit to me has been my wealth |
| 69:29 | | "My power has perished from me!".. |
| 69:30 | | (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him |
| 69:31 | | "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire |
| 69:32 | | "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits |
| 69:33 | | "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High |
| 69:34 | | "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent |
| 69:35 | | "So no friend hath he here this Day |
| 69:36 | | "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds |
| 69:37 | | "Which none do eat but those in sin." |
| 69:38 | | So I do call to witness what ye see |
| 69:39 | | And what ye see not |
| 69:40 | | That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger |
| 69:41 | | It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe |
| 69:42 | | Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive |
| 69:43 | | (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds |
| 69:44 | | And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name |
| 69:45 | | We should certainly seize him by his right hand |
| 69:46 | | And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart |
| 69:47 | | Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath) |
| 69:48 | | But verily this is a Message for the Allah-fearing |
| 69:49 | | And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it) |
| 69:50 | | But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers |
| 69:51 | | But verily it is Truth of assured certainty |
| 69:52 | | So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High |
