69:1  Reality!

69:2  What is the reality?

69:3  Do you know what the reality is?

69:4  Thamud and Aad rejected the Shocker.

69:5  As for Thamud, they were annihilated by the devastation.

69:6  As for Aad, they were annihilated by a furious violent wind.

69:7  He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, in succession. You could see the people destroyed in it, as if they were decayed palm trunks.

69:8  Do you see any legacy for them?

69:9  And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the sinners, came with wickedness.

69:10  They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. So He took them with a devastating requital.

69:11  When the water flooded, We carried you on the vessel.

69:12  That We would make it as a reminder for you, and so that any listening ear may understand.

69:13  When the horn is blown once.

69:14  The earth and the mountains will be removed from their place and crushed with a single crush.

69:15  On that day the unavoidable event will come to pass.

69:16  The heavens will be torn, and on that day it will be flimsy.

69:17  The controllers will be on its borders. That day, eight will carry the dominion of your Lord above them.

69:18  On that day, you will be exposed, nothing from you can be hidden.

69:19  As for the one who is given his record in his right, he will say, "Here, come and read my record!"

69:20  "I knew that I was going to be held accountable."

69:21  So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.

69:22  In a lofty Paradise.

69:23  Its fruits are within reach.

69:24  "Eat and drink merrily in return for your works in days past."

69:25  As for he who is given his record in his left, he will say, "Oh, I wish I never received my record,"

69:26  "That I never knew my account,"

69:27  "I wish the end had been final,"

69:28  "My money cannot help me,"

69:29  "All my power is gone."

69:30  Take him and shackle him.

69:31  Then to hell cast him.

69:32  Then, in a chain that is the length of seventy hands, tie him up.

69:33  For he did not affirm God, the Great.

69:34  Nor did he advocate the feeding of the poor.

69:35  Consequently, he has no friend here today.

69:36  Nor any food, except for pollutants.

69:37  Food for the sinners.

69:38  I swear by what you see.

69:39  What you do not see.

69:40  This is the utterance of an honorable messenger.

69:41  It is not the utterance of a poet; rarely do you affirm.

69:42  Nor the utterance of a soothsayer; rarely do you take heed.

69:43  A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

69:44  Had he attributed anything falsely to Us.

69:45  We would have seized him by the right.

69:46  Then, We would have severed his life-line.

69:47  None of you would be able to prevent it.

69:48  This is a reminder for the righteous.

69:49  We know that some of you are deniers.

69:50  That it is a distress for the ingrates.

69:51  It is the absolute truth.

69:52  Therefore, you shall glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.