| Translations | Suras |
| ENGLISH, A. YUSUF ALi | |
69 - The Sure Calamity | |
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. | |
| 1 | The Sure Reality! |
| 2 | What is the Sure Reality? |
| 3 | And what will make thee realize what the Sure Reality is? |
| 4 | The Thamüd and the Àd people disbelieved in the Day of Noise Calamity! |
| 5 | But the Thamüd,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning! |
| 6 | And the Àd, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent; |
| 7 | He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying overthrown in its (path), as if they had been roots of hollow palm- trees tumbled down! |
| 8 | Then seest thou any of them left surviving? |
| 9 | And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin. |
| 10 | And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty. |
| 11 | We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark), |
| 12 | That We might make it a Reminder unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance. |
| 13 | Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet, |
| 14 | And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed at one stroke,- |
| 15 | On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass. |
| 16 | And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy, |
| 17 | And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them. |
| 18 | That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden. |
| 19 | Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record! |
| 20 | "I did really think that my Account would (One Day) reach me!" |
| 21 | And he will be in a life of Bliss, |
| 22 | In a Garden on high, |
| 23 | The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near. |
| 24 | "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!" |
| 25 | And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me! |
| 26 | "And that I had never realized how my account (stood)! |
| 27 | "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me! |
| 28 | "Of no profit to me has been my wealth! |
| 29 | "My power has perished from me!"... |
| 30 | (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him, |
| 31 | "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. |
| 32 | "Further, insert him in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits! |
| 33 | "This was he that would not believe in Allah the Most High. |
| 34 | "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent! |
| 35 | "So no friend hath he here this Day. |
| 36 | "Nor hath he any food except the foul pus from the washing of wounds, 60a |
| 37 | "Which none do eat but those in sin." |
| 38 | So I do call to witness what ye see, |
| 39 | And what ye see not, |
| 40 | That this is verily the word of an honored messenger; |
| 41 | It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe! |
| 42 | Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive. |
| 43 | (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds. |
| 44 | And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name, |
| 45 | We should certainly seize him by his right hand, |
| 46 | And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart: |
| 47 | Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath). |
| 48 | But verily this is a Message for the God-fearing. |
| 49 | And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it). |
| 50 | But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers. |
| 51 | But verily it is Truth of assured certainty. |
| 52 | So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High. |
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