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