| 1 | The Reality! |
| 2 | What is the Reality ? |
| 3 | Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is! |
| 4 | (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come. |
| 5 | As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning. |
| 6 | And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind, |
| 7 | Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm- trees. |
| 8 | Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ? |
| 9 | And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error, |
| 10 | And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip. |
| 11 | Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship |
| 12 | That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember. |
| 13 | And when the trumpet shall sound one blast |
| 14 | And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash, |
| 15 | Then, on that day will the Event befall. |
| 16 | And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail. |
| 17 | And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them. |
| 18 | On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden. |
| 19 | Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book! |
| 20 | Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning. |
| 21 | Then he will be in blissful state |
| 22 | In a high garden |
| 23 | Whereof the clusters are in easy reach. |
| 24 | (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days. |
| 25 | But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book |
| 26 | And knew not what my reckoning! |
| 27 | Oh, would that it had been death! |
| 28 | My wealth hath not availed me, |
| 29 | My power hath gone from me. |
| 30 | (It will be said): Take him and fetter him |
| 31 | And then expose him to hell-fire |
| 32 | And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits. |
| 33 | Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous, |
| 34 | And urged not on the feeding of the wretched. |
| 35 | Therefor hath he no lover here this day, |
| 36 | Nor any food save filth |
| 37 | Which none but sinners eat. |
| 38 | But nay! I swear by all that ye see |
| 39 | And all that ye see not |
| 40 | That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger. |
| 41 | It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe! |
| 42 | Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember! |
| 43 | It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. |
| 44 | And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us, |
| 45 | We assuredly had taken him by the right hand |
| 46 | And then severed his life-artery, |
| 47 | And not one of you could have held Us off from him. |
| 48 | And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil). |
| 49 | And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it). |
| 50 | And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers. |
| 51 | And lo! it is absolute truth. |
| 52 | So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord. |
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Sura - 69 The Inevitable