| | N J Dawood (2014) rendition of Surah The Reality, The Inevitable(al-Haqqah)
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| 69:1 | | THE CATASTROPHE |
| 69:2 | | and what is the Catastrophe |
| 69:3 | | Would that you knew what the Catastrophe is |
| 69:4 | | Thamūd and ‘Ād denied the Last Judgement |
| 69:5 | | By a deafening shout was Thamūd destroyed |
| 69:6 | | and ‘Ād by a howling, violent gal |
| 69:7 | | which He let loose on them for seven nights and eight successive days: you might have seen the people lying dead as though they had been hollow trunks of palm-trees |
| 69:8 | | Can you see even one of them still around |
| 69:9 | | Pharaoh, and those before him, and the inhabitants of the Ruined Cities, also committed si |
| 69:10 | | and disobeyed their Lord‘s apostle. With a terrible scourge He smote them |
| 69:11 | | When the Flood rose high We carried you² in the floating ark |
| 69:12 | | making it a memorable event, so that all attentive ears might heed it |
| 69:13 | | When the Trumpet sounds a single blast |
| 69:14 | | when earth and mountains are raised high and with one mighty crash are flattened into dust ― |
| 69:15 | | on that day the Dread Event will come to pass |
| 69:16 | | The sky will be rent asunder on that day, frail and tottering, |
| 69:17 | | and the angels will stand on every side with eight of them carrying the Throne of your Lord above their heads |
| 69:18 | | On that day you shall be utterly exposed, and nothing that you hid shall be hidden |
| 69:19 | | He who is given his book in his right hand will say: ‘Here it is, read my book |
| 69:20 | | I knew I should come face to face with my account!&lsquo |
| 69:21 | | His shall be a blissful stat |
| 69:22 | | in a lofty Garden |
| 69:23 | | with clusters of fruit within his reach |
| 69:24 | | Eat and drink to your heart‘s content: your recompense for what you did in days gone by.&lsquo |
| 69:25 | | But he who is given his book in his left hand will say: ‘Would that I were not given my book |
| 69:26 | | Would that I knew nothing of my account |
| 69:27 | | Would that my death had ended all |
| 69:28 | | Nothing has my wealth availed me |
| 69:29 | | and bereft am I of all my power.&lsquo |
| 69:30 | | Lay hold of him and bind him |
| 69:31 | | Then burn him in the fire of Hell |
| 69:32 | | and then fasten him with a chain seventy cubits long |
| 69:33 | | For he did not believe in God, the Most Great |
| 69:34 | | nor did he care to feed the destitute |
| 69:35 | | Today he shall be friendless here |
| 69:36 | | only filth shall be his food |
| 69:37 | | the filth which only sinners eat.&lsquo |
| 69:38 | | I swear by all that you can see |
| 69:39 | | and all that is hidden from your view |
| 69:40 | | that this is the utterance of a noble messenger |
| 69:41 | | It is no poet‘s speech: scant is your faith |
| 69:42 | | It is no soothsayer‘s divination: how little you reflect |
| 69:43 | | It is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe |
| 69:44 | | Had he invented lies concerning Us |
| 69:45 | | We would have seized him by the right han |
| 69:46 | | and severed his heart‘s vein |
| 69:47 | | not one of you could have protected him |
| 69:48 | | It¹ is but an Admonition to the righteous |
| 69:49 | | We well know that there are some among you who will deny it |
| 69:50 | | It is the despair of the unbelievers |
| 69:51 | | It is the indubitable Truth |
| 69:52 | | Praise, then, the name of your Lord, the Almighty |
