69:3 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ — And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality? 69:4 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ — Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection]. 69:5 فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ — So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast]. 69:6 وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ — And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, 1 violent wind 69:7 سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ — Which He [i.e., Allāh] imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees. 69:8 فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ — Then do you see of them any remains? 69:9 وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ — And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities 1 with sin. 69:10 فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً — And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity]. 69:11 إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ — Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship 1 69:12 لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ — That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it. 69:13 فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ — Then when the Horn is blown with one blast 69:14 وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً — And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] - 69:15 فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ — Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur, 69:16 وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ — And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm. 1 69:17 وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ — And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them]. 69:18 يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ — That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed. 1 69:19 فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ — So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record! 69:20 إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ — Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account." 69:21 فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ — So he will be in a pleasant life - — Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near. 69:24 كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ — [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth 1 in the days past." 69:25 وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ — But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record 69:26 وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ — And had not known what is my account. 69:27 يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ — I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one. 1 69:28 مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ — My wealth has not availed me. 69:29 هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ — Gone from me is my authority." 1 — [Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him. 69:31 ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ — Then into Hellfire drive him. 69:32 ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ — Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him." 69:33 إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ — Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great, 69:34 وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ — Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor. 69:35 فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ — So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend 69:36 وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ — Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds; 69:37 لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ — None will eat it except the sinners. 69:38 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ 69:40 إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ — [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger. 69:41 وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ — And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe. 69:42 وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ — Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember. 69:43 تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ — [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. 69:44 وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ — And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings, 69:45 لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ — We would have seized him by the right hand; 1 69:46 ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ — Then We would have cut from him the aorta. 1 69:47 فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ — And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him. 69:48 وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ — And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous. 69:49 وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ — And indeed, We know that among you are deniers. 69:50 وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ — And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers. 69:51 وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ — And indeed, it is the truth of certainty. 69:52 فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ — So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.