| | Maududi rendition of Surah The Reality, The Inevitable(al-Haqqah)
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| 69:1 | | The indubitable event |
| 69:2 | | And what is that indubitable event |
| 69:3 | | And what do you know what that indubitable event is |
| 69:4 | | The Thamud and the Ad denied the (possibility of a) sudden calamity, calling it false |
| 69:5 | | Then the Thamud were destroyed by an awesome upheaval |
| 69:6 | | and the Ad were destroyed by a furiously raging wind-stor |
| 69:7 | | which He let loose upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession; so that (if you had been there) you might have seen people lying prostrate, as though they were uprooted trunks of hollowed palm trees |
| 69:8 | | Do you now see any trace of them |
| 69:9 | | Pharaoh and those before him and the people of the overturned habitations all engaged in the same great sin |
| 69:10 | | They did not follow the Messenger of their Lord, and so He seized them with a severe grip |
| 69:11 | | Verily when the water rose to great heights, We bore you upon a floating vessel (i.e. the Ark |
| 69:12 | | so that We might make it an instructive event for you, and retentive ears might preserve its memory |
| 69:13 | | So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blas |
| 69:14 | | and the earth and the mountains are carried aloft and are crushed to bits at one stroke |
| 69:15 | | on that Day shall that indubitable event come to pass |
| 69:16 | | when the sky will be rent asunder, the grip holding it together having loosened on that Day |
| 69:17 | | and the angels will stand on the sides, with eight of them bearing aloft the Throne of your Lord on that Day |
| 69:18 | | That will be the Day when you shall be brought forth (before Allah) and no secret of yours shall remain hidden |
| 69:19 | | On that Day, he whose Record is given to him in his right hand will say: "Lo! Read my Record |
| 69:20 | | Verily I was sure that I would be handed over my account." |
| 69:21 | | Then he shall find himself in a life of bliss |
| 69:22 | | in a lofty Garde |
| 69:23 | | the clusters of whose fruit will be hanging low to be within reach (of the inmates of Paradise) |
| 69:24 | | (They will be told): "Eat and drink with good cheer as a reward for the good deeds you did in the days that have passed by." |
| 69:25 | | As for him whose Record will be given to him in his left hand, he will exclaim: "Would that I had never been given my Record |
| 69:26 | | and had not known my account |
| 69:27 | | Oh! Would that the death that came to me in the world had made an end of me |
| 69:28 | | My riches have not availed me |
| 69:29 | | and my authority has vanished." |
| 69:30 | | (A command will be issued): "Seize him and shackle him |
| 69:31 | | then cast him in the Fire |
| 69:32 | | then fasten him with a chain, seventy cubits long |
| 69:33 | | He would not believe in Allah, the Most Great |
| 69:34 | | nor would he urge the feeding of the poor |
| 69:35 | | Today he has been left here friendless |
| 69:36 | | and has no food except the filth from the washing of wounds |
| 69:37 | | which only the sinners will eat." |
| 69:38 | | But no; I swear by what you see |
| 69:39 | | and by what you do not see |
| 69:40 | | that this is the speech of an honourable Messenger |
| 69:41 | | not the speech of a poet. Little do you believe |
| 69:42 | | Nor is this the speech of a soothsayer. Little do you reflect |
| 69:43 | | It has been revealed by the Lord of the Universe |
| 69:44 | | And if he [i.e., the Prophets] had forged this Discourse and thereafter ascribed it to Us |
| 69:45 | | We would surely have seized him by the right hand |
| 69:46 | | and then severed his life vein |
| 69:47 | | and not one of you would have been able to withhold Us from doing so |
| 69:48 | | Surely it is a Good Counsel for the God-fearing |
| 69:49 | | We certainly know that some among you will give the lie to it |
| 69:50 | | and surely it will be a cause of regret for the unbelievers |
| 69:51 | | Certainly it is a Truth of absolute certainty |
| 69:52 | | So glorify the name of your Lord Most Great |
