| | Aisha Bewley rendition of Surah The Reality, The Inevitable(al-Haqqah)
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| 69:1 | | The Undeniable! |
| 69:2 | | What is the Undeniable? |
| 69:3 | | What will convey to you what the Undeniable is? |
| 69:4 | | Thamud and ´Ad denied the Crushing Blow. |
| 69:5 | | Thamud were destroyed by the Deafening Blast. |
| 69:6 | | ´Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind. |
| 69:7 | | Allah subjected them to it for seven whole nights and eight whole days without a break. You could see the people flattened in their homes just like the hollow stumps of uprooted palms. |
| 69:8 | | Do you see any remnant of them left? |
| 69:9 | | Pharaoh and those before him and the Overturned Cities made a great mistake. |
| 69:10 | | They disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord so He seized them in an ever-tightening grip. |
| 69:11 | | When the waters rose We carried you in the ship |
| 69:12 | | to make it a reminder for you and something to be retained by retentive ears. |
| 69:13 | | So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast, |
| 69:14 | | and the earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed with a single blow, |
| 69:15 | | On that Day, the Occurrence will occur |
| 69:16 | | and Heaven will be split apart, for that Day it will be very frail. |
| 69:17 | | The angels will be gathered round its edge. On that Day, eight will bear the Throne of their Lord above their heads. |
| 69:18 | | On that Day you will be exposed — no concealed act you did will stay concealed. |
| 69:19 | | As for him who is given his Book in his right hand, he will say, ´Here, come and read my Book! |
| 69:20 | | I counted on meeting my Reckoning.´ |
| 69:21 | | He will have a very pleasant life |
| 69:22 | | in an elevated Garden, |
| 69:23 | | its ripe fruit hanging close to hand. |
| 69:24 | | ´Eat and drink with relish for what you did before in days gone by!´ |
| 69:25 | | But as for him who is given his Book in his left hand, he will say, ´If only I had not been given my Book |
| 69:26 | | and had not known about my Reckoning! |
| 69:27 | | If only death had really been the end! |
| 69:28 | | My wealth has been of no use to me. |
| 69:29 | | My power has vanished.´ |
| 69:30 | | ´Seize him and truss him up. |
| 69:31 | | Then roast him in the Blazing Fire. |
| 69:32 | | Then bind him in a chain which is seventy cubits long. |
| 69:33 | | He used not to have iman in Allah the Magnificent, |
| 69:34 | | nor did he urge the feeding of the poor. |
| 69:35 | | Therefore here today he has no friend |
| 69:36 | | nor any food except exuding pus |
| 69:37 | | which no one will eat except those who were in error.´ |
| 69:38 | | I swear both by what you see |
| 69:39 | | and what you do not see, |
| 69:40 | | that this is the word of a noble Messenger. |
| 69:41 | | It is not the word of a poet — how little iman you have! |
| 69:42 | | Nor the word of a fortune-teller — how little heed you pay! |
| 69:43 | | It is a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds. |
| 69:44 | | If he had made up any sayings and ascribed them to Us, |
| 69:45 | | We would have seized him by force, |
| 69:46 | | and then We would have cut off his life-blood |
| 69:47 | | and not one of you could have protected him. |
| 69:48 | | It is a reminder to the people with taqwa. |
| 69:49 | | We know that some of you will deny it. |
| 69:50 | | It is a cause of great distress to those who are kafir. |
| 69:51 | | And it is undeniably the Truth of Certainty. |
| 69:52 | | Glorify then the name of your Lord, the Magnificent. |
