al-Haqqah (The Reality, The Inevitable) at IslamAwakened.com

69:1 The Reality

69:2 And what is (that inevitable) Reality

69:3 What do you understand by the ´Reality´

69:4 The ´Samoods´ and the ´Aads´ denied the (impending) calamity of sudden onset _ (the hour of Judgment)

69:5 So the Samoods were wiped out by the lightning (and the thunderbolt)

69:6 While the ´Aads´ were destroyed by the violent howling winds

69:7 For seven hideous days and eight gruesome nights, He let the winds ravage them. (Had you been there), you could see their bodies tossed about (and strewn around), as if they were the hollowed out trunks of the date trees

69:8 Do you see any of them around, anymore

69:9 The pharaoh, and those before him _ the overturned cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) _ committed the (very same) crime

69:10 They defied the messengers of their Lord, and so He seized (and squeezed) them into a tight grip

69:11 Indeed, (oh believers, during the great deluge of Nooh) when the water began to inundate, We carried you (and kept you afloat) aboard a ship

69:12 So as to make it a memorable event for you; so that the attentive souls may retain an indelible memory of that event in their (subconscious) mind

69:13 As (soon as) the trumpet sounds for the first time

69:14 The earth and the mountains would be dislodged and crushed with a single blow

69:15 And so, on that day the inevitable (event) would come to pass

69:16 Feeble and frail, on that day the sky shall burst asunder

69:17 The angels would be present there, at the edge (of the throne). Eight of them would carry your Lord´s throne above them

69:18 That shall be the day you are presented before Him (with all your secrets bared); none of your intimate secrets shall remain unexposed

69:19 Then, the one who is given his record (of deeds) in his right hand would say, (excitedly to others), "Here, take (a look)! Read the record (of my deeds)."

69:20 "I really did believe that (one day), I would have to face the reckoning."

69:21 So, he shall have a pleasant and blissful (ever lasting) life

69:22 In the exalted (gardens of delight)

69:23 With its cluster of fruit (drooping low), within easy reach

69:24 (Enjoy)! Eat and drink (and relish your reward), the result of the deeds you had earned in the life gone by

69:25 While he, who is given his record (of deeds) in his left hand would (lament and) say, "I wish I had never been given my record."

69:26 "I wish I had never known (the contents of) my record."

69:27 "I wish my death (in the world) had been final (and decisive)."

69:28 "My wealth (and possessions) did not help me."

69:29 "And my (talents and) faculties have (waned and) gone."

69:30 (The command will sound), "Grab him and tie him down!"

69:31 "And roast him over the blazing fire."

69:32 "Then shackle him securely with iron chains, seventy yards long."

69:33 He did not believe in Allah, the Almighty, the Greatest

69:34 Nor did he ever encourage the feeding of the needy (and the hungry)

69:35 Today, he has no friends here

69:36 And to eat, he only has the filthy discharge from wounds

69:37 Which no one except the sinners have to eat

69:38 No! Absolutely not! I swear by all that you see

69:39 As well as that which you do not

69:40 It, (the Qur´an), is the word of the noble messenger

69:41 (Certainly)! it is not the word of a poet. Little do you believe

69:42 Nor is it the word of a fortuneteller. Seldom do you ponder

69:43 It is the revelation from the Lord of the universe

69:44 Had he (the prophet) purported (and fabricated) lies about Us

69:45 We would have seized him by his right hand

69:46 And would have cut off his main vein

69:47 (Absolutely) no one among you could have kept Us away from him

69:48 It is certainly a reminder for the righteous

69:49 Of course We know, that among you are those who disbelieve

69:50 Thus, this Qur´an will definitely be the source of anguish for the disbelievers

69:51 It is the veritable truth _ (a statement of absolute certainty)

69:52 So glorify the name of the Almighty, your Lord