Chapter 69
In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
69:1 The reality.
69:2 What is the reality?
69:3 Absolutely, do you know what is the reality?
69:4 Thamud and 'Aad disbelieved in the Shocker.
69:5 As for Thamud, they were annihilated by the devastation.
69:6 And as for 'Aad, they were annihilated by a furious violent wind.
69:7 He commissioned it upon them for seven nights and eight days, in succession. You could see the people destroyed in it, as if they are decayed palm trunks.
69:8 Do you see any legacy for them?
69:9 And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the sinners, came with wrongdoing.
69:10 They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. So He took them with a devastating requital.
69:11 And when the water flooded, We carried you on the vessel.
69:12 That We would make it as a reminder for you, and so that any listening ear may understand.
69:13 And when the horn is blown once.
69:14 And the earth and the mountains will be removed from their place and crushed with a single crush.
69:15 On that Day the unavoidable event will come to pass.
69:16 And the sky will be torn, and on that Day it will be flimsy.
69:17 And the angels will be on its borders; and the Throne of your Lord will be carried, above them on that Day, by eight.
69:18 On that Day, you will be exposed, nothing from you can be hidden.
69:19 As for the one who is given his record in his right, he will say: "Here, come and read my record!"
69:20 "I knew that I was going to be held accountable."
69:21 So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
69:22 In a lofty Paradise.
69:23 Its fruits are within reach.
69:24 "Eat and drink merrily in return for your works in days past."
69:25 As for him who is given his record in his left, he will say: "Oh, I wish I never received my record,"
69:26 "And that I never knew my account,"
69:27 "I wish the end had been final,"
69:28 "My money cannot help me,"
69:29 "All my power is gone."
69:30 Take him and shackle him.
69:31 Then to Hell cast him.
69:32 Then, in a chain that is the length of seventy arms, tie him up.
69:33 For he did not believe in God, the Great.
69:34 Nor did he advocate the feeding of the poor.
69:35 Consequently, he has no friend here today.
69:36 Nor any food, except from pollutants.
69:37 Food for the wrongdoers.
69:38 So I do swear by what you see.
69:39 And what you do not see.
69:40 This is the utterance of an honorable messenger.
69:41 It is not the utterance of a poet; rarely do you believe.
69:42 Nor the utterance of a soothsayer; rarely do you take heed.
69:43 A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
69:44 And had he attributed anything falsely to Us.
69:45 We would have seized him by the right.
69:46 Then, We would have severed his life-line.
69:47 None of you would be able to prevent it.
69:48 And this is a reminder for the righteous.
69:49 And We know that some of you are deniers.
69:50 And that it is a distress for the rejecters.
69:51 And it is the absolute truth.
69:52 Therefore, you shall glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.