Verse 69:23 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
19 فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝١٩ fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāumu iq'raū kitābiya Anyone who is given his Record in his right hand will say, ‘Here is my Record, read it 20 إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٠ innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya I knew I would meet my Reckoning,’ 21 فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ۝٢١ fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati and so he will have a pleasant lif 22 فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ ۝٢٢ fī jannatin ʿāliyati in a lofty Garden
23 قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ ۝٢٣ quṭūfuhā dāniyatu with clustered fruit within his reach
24 كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ ۝٢٤ kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyat It will be said, ‘Eat and drink to your heart’s content as a reward for what you have done in days gone by.’ 25 وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝٢٥ wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiya But anyone who is given his Record in his left hand will say, ‘If only I had never been given any Recor 26 وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٦ walam adri mā ḥisābiya and knew nothing of my Reckoning 27 یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ ۝٢٧ yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat How I wish death had been the end of me

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