Sura 69: Al Haaqa:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

[Shakir 69:1] The sure calamity!
[Yusufali 69:1] The Sure Reality!
[Pickthal 69:1] The Reality!
[Shakir 69:2] What is the sure calamity!
[Yusufali 69:2] What is the Sure Reality?
[Pickthal 69:2] What is the Reality?
[Shakir 69:3] And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
[Yusufali 69:3] And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
[Pickthal 69:3] Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
[Shakir 69:4] Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
[Yusufali 69:4] The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
[Pickthal 69:4] (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
[Shakir 69:5] Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
[Yusufali 69:5] But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
[Pickthal 69:5] As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
[Shakir 69:6] And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
[Yusufali 69:6] And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
[Pickthal 69:6] And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
[Shakir 69:7] Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.
[Yusufali 69:7] He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled down!
[Pickthal 69:7] 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.
[Shakir 69:8] Do you then see of them one remaining?
[Yusufali 69:8] Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
[Pickthal 69:8] Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?
[Shakir 69:9] And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
[Yusufali 69:9] And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
[Pickthal 69:9] And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
[Shakir 69:10] And they disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
[Yusufali 69:10] And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
[Pickthal 69:10] And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
[Shakir 69:11] Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
[Yusufali 69:11] We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
[Pickthal 69:11] Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
[Shakir 69:12] So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
[Yusufali 69:12] That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
[Pickthal 69:12] That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
[Shakir 69:13] And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
[Yusufali 69:13] Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
[Pickthal 69:13] And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
[Shakir 69:14] And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
[Yusufali 69:14] And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,-
[Pickthal 69:14] And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
[Shakir 69:15] On that day shall the great event come to pass,
[Yusufali 69:15] On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
[Pickthal 69:15] Then, on that day will the Event befall.
[Shakir 69:16] And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
[Yusufali 69:16] And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
[Pickthal 69:16] And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
[Shakir 69:17] And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above ) I them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
[Yusufali 69:17] And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
[Pickthal 69:17] And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
[Shakir 69:18] On that day you shall be exposed to view-- no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
[Yusufali 69:18] That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
[Pickthal 69:18] On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
[Shakir 69:19] Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
[Yusufali 69:19] Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
[Pickthal 69:19] Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
[Shakir 69:20] Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
[Yusufali 69:20] "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
[Pickthal 69:20] Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
[Shakir 69:21] So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
[Yusufali 69:21] And he will be in a life of Bliss,
[Pickthal 69:21] Then he will be in blissful state
[Shakir 69:22] In a lofty garden,
[Yusufali 69:22] In a Garden on high,
[Pickthal 69:22] In a high garden
[Shakir 69:23] The fruits of which are near at hand:
[Yusufali 69:23] The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
[Pickthal 69:23] Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
[Shakir 69:24] Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
[Yusufali 69:24] "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
[Pickthal 69:24] (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
[Shakir 69:25] And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:
[Yusufali 69:25] 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!
[Pickthal 69:25] 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
[Shakir 69:26] And I had not known what my account was:
[Yusufali 69:26] "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
[Pickthal 69:26] And knew not what my reckoning!
[Shakir 69:27] O would that it had made an end (of me):
[Yusufali 69:27] "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
[Pickthal 69:27] Oh, would that it had been death!
[Shakir 69:28] My wealth has availed me nothing:
[Yusufali 69:28] "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
[Pickthal 69:28] My wealth hath not availed me,
[Shakir 69:29] My authority is gone away from me.
[Yusufali 69:29] "My power has perished from me!"...
[Pickthal 69:29] My power hath gone from me.
[Shakir 69:30] Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
[Yusufali 69:30] (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
[Pickthal 69:30] (It will be said): Take him and fetter him
[Shakir 69:31] Then cast him into the burning fire,
[Yusufali 69:31] "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
[Pickthal 69:31] And then expose him to hell-fire
[Shakir 69:32] Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
[Yusufali 69:32] "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
[Pickthal 69:32] And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
[Shakir 69:33] Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
[Yusufali 69:33] "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
[Pickthal 69:33] Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
[Shakir 69:34] Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
[Yusufali 69:34] "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
[Pickthal 69:34] And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
[Shakir 69:35] Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
[Yusufali 69:35] "So no friend hath he here this Day.
[Pickthal 69:35] Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
[Shakir 69:36] Nor any food except refuse,
[Yusufali 69:36] "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
[Pickthal 69:36] Nor any food save filth
[Shakir 69:37] Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
[Yusufali 69:37] "Which none do eat but those in sin."
[Pickthal 69:37] Which none but sinners eat.
[Shakir 69:38] But nay! I swear by that which you see,
[Yusufali 69:38] So I do call to witness what ye see,
[Pickthal 69:38] But nay! I swear by all that ye see
[Shakir 69:39] And that which you do not see.
[Yusufali 69:39] And what ye see not,
[Pickthal 69:39] And all that ye see not
[Shakir 69:40] Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Messenger,
[Yusufali 69:40] That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
[Pickthal 69:40] That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
[Shakir 69:41] And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
[Yusufali 69:41] It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
[Pickthal 69:41] It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
[Shakir 69:42] Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
[Yusufali 69:42] Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
[Pickthal 69:42] Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
[Shakir 69:43] It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
[Yusufali 69:43] (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
[Pickthal 69:43] It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
[Shakir 69:44] And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
[Yusufali 69:44] And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
[Pickthal 69:44] And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
[Shakir 69:45] We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
[Yusufali 69:45] We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
[Pickthal 69:45] We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
[Shakir 69:46] Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
[Yusufali 69:46] And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
[Pickthal 69:46] And then severed his life-artery,
[Shakir 69:47] And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
[Yusufali 69:47] Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
[Pickthal 69:47] And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
[Shakir 69:48] And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
[Yusufali 69:48] But verily this is a Message for the Allah-fearing.
[Pickthal 69:48] And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
[Shakir 69:49] And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
[Yusufali 69:49] And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
[Pickthal 69:49] And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
[Shakir 69:50] And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
[Yusufali 69:50] But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
[Pickthal 69:50] And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
[Shakir 69:51] And most surely it is the true certainty
[Yusufali 69:51] But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
[Pickthal 69:51] And lo! it is absolute truth.
[Shakir 69:52] Therefore-glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
[Yusufali 69:52] So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
[Pickthal 69:52] So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.

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