| 69:1 |
The Sure Reality! |
| 69:2 |
What is the Sure Reality? |
| 69:3 |
And what will make thee realise what the
Sure Reality is? |
| 69:4 |
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as
false the Stunning Calamity!
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| 69:5 |
But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a
terrible Storm of thunder and lightning! |
| 69:6 |
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a
furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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| 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! |
| 69:8 |
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
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| 69:9 |
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the
Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin. |
| 69:10 |
And disobeyed (each) the apostle of their
Lord; so He punished them with an abundant
Penalty. |
| 69:11 |
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood)
overflowed beyond its limits, carried you
(mankind), in the floating (Ark), |
| 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.
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| 69:13 |
Then, when one blast is sounded on the
Trumpet, |
| 69:14 |
And the earth is moved, and its mountains,
and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,-
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| 69:15 |
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to
pass. |
| 69:16 |
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it
will that Day be flimsy, |
| 69:17 |
And the angels will be on its sides, and
eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy
Lord above them. |
| 69:18 |
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment:
not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
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| 69:19 |
Then he that will be given his Record in his
right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my
Record! |
| 69:20 |
"I did really understand that my Account
would (One Day) reach me!"
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| 69:21 |
And he will be in a life of Bliss, |
| 69:22 |
In a Garden on high, |
| 69:23 |
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches)
low and near. |
| 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!" |
| 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! |
| 69:26 |
"And that I had never realised how my
account (stood)! |
| 69:27 |
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of
me! |
| 69:28 |
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
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| 69:29 |
"My power has perished from me!"... |
| 69:30 |
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him,
and bind ye him, |
| 69:31 |
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. |
| 69:32 |
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof
the length is seventy cubits!
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| 69:33 |
"This was he that would not believe in God
Most High. |
| 69:34 |
"And would not encourage the feeding of the
indigent! |
| 69:35 |
"So no friend hath he here this Day. |
| 69:36 |
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption
from the washing of wounds,
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| 69:37 |
"Which none do eat but those in sin." |
| 69:38 |
So I do call to witness what ye see, |
| 69:39 |
And what ye see not, |
| 69:40 |
That this is verily the word of an honoured
apostle; |
| 69:41 |
It is not the word of a poet: little it is
ye believe! |
| 69:42 |
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little
admonition it is ye receive.
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| 69:43 |
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord
of the Worlds. |
| 69:44 |
And if the apostle were to invent any
sayings in Our name, |
| 69:45 |
We should certainly seize him by his right
hand, |
| 69:46 |
And We should certainly then cut off the
artery of his heart: |
| 69:47 |
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our
wrath). |
| 69:48 |
But verily this is a Message for the
God-fearing. |
| 69:49 |
And We certainly know that there are amongst
you those that reject (it).
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| 69:50 |
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow
for the Unbelievers. |
| 69:51 |
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
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| 69:52 |
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
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