| | Rashad Khalifa rendition of Surah The Reality, The Inevitable(al-Haqqah)
--- |
|---|
| 69:1 | | The incontestable (event). |
| 69:2 | | What an incontestable (event)! |
| 69:3 | | It is truly incontestable. |
| 69:4 | | Thamoud and `Aad disbelieved in the Shocker. |
| 69:5 | | As for Thamoud, they were annihilated by the devastating (quake). |
| 69:6 | | As for `Aad, they were annihilated by a persistent, violent stor |
| 69:7 | | He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, violently. You could see the people tossed around like decayed palm trunks. |
| 69:8 | | Can you find any trace of them? |
| 69:9 | | Pharaoh, others before him, and the sinners (of Sodom) were wicked. |
| 69:10 | | They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. Consequently, He requited them a devastating requital. |
| 69:11 | | The flood was devastating, so we carried you on the floating (ark). |
| 69:12 | | We rendered it a lesson for you, that any listening ear may understand. |
| 69:13 | | When the horn is blown onc |
| 69:14 | | The earth and the mountains will be carried off and crushed; utterly crushed. |
| 69:15 | | That is the day when the inevitable event will come to pass. |
| 69:16 | | The heaven will crack, and fall apart. |
| 69:17 | | The angels will be all around, and Your Lord's dominion will then encompass eight (universes). |
| 69:18 | | On that day, you will be exposed, nothing of you can be hidde |
| 69:19 | | As for the one who receives his record with his right hand, he will say, "Come read my record. |
| 69:20 | | "I did believe that I was going to be held accountable." |
| 69:21 | | He has deserved a happy life. |
| 69:22 | | In an exalted Paradis |
| 69:23 | | Its fruits are within reach. |
| 69:24 | | Eat and drink happily in return for your works in days past. |
| 69:25 | | As for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I never received my recor |
| 69:26 | | "I wish I never knew my account. |
| 69:27 | | "I wish my death was eterna |
| 69:28 | | "My money cannot help me. |
| 69:29 | | "All my power is gone." |
| 69:30 | | Take him and shackle him. |
| 69:31 | | Burn him in Hell. |
| 69:32 | | In a chain that is seventy arms long, tie him up. |
| 69:33 | | For he did not believe in GOD, Most Great. |
| 69:34 | | Nor did he advocate the feeding of the poor. |
| 69:35 | | Consequently, he has no friend here. |
| 69:36 | | Nor any food, except the bitter variety. |
| 69:37 | | Food for the sinners. |
| 69:38 | | I swear by what you se |
| 69:39 | | And what you do not see. |
| 69:40 | | This is the utterance of an honorable messenger. |
| 69:41 | | 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 universe. |
| 69:44 | | Had he uttered any other teachings. |
| 69:45 | | We would have punished him. |
| 69:46 | | We would have stopped the revelations to him. |
| 69:47 | | None of you could have helped him. |
| 69:48 | | This is a reminder for the righteous. |
| 69:49 | | We know; some of you are rejectors. |
| 69:50 | | It is but sorrow for the disbelievers. |
| 69:51 | | It is the absolute truth. |
| 69:52 | | Therefore, you shall glorify the name of your Lord, Most Great. |
