The Reality, The Inevitable — Amatul Rahman Omar Translation

Which He let loose on them for seven nights and eight days, with no break, so that (if you had been there) you would have seen the people lying therein sprawled (looking) as though they were hollow trunks of palm-trees fallen down

sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyati

69:8

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِیَةࣲ ۝٨

Amatul Rahman Omar

Now (when they are dead and gone) do you see any of their remnants

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyati

69:9

وَجَاۤءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ۝٩

Amatul Rahman Omar

Pharaoh and his predecessors and (the inhabitants of) the overthrown cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) persistently indulged in evil ways

wajāa fir'ʿawnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi-at

69:10

فَعَصَوۡا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِیَةً ۝١٠

Amatul Rahman Omar

They disobeyed (in their respective times) the Messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an ever-increasing punishment

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyata

69:11

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ ۝١١

Amatul Rahman Omar

(Similarly Noah was disobeyed) and no sooner did the water (begin to) rise high than We carried (people like) you in the floating Ark

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyat

69:12

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِیَهَاۤ أُذُنࣱ وَ ٰعِیَةࣱ ۝١٢

Amatul Rahman Omar

(We relate these events to you) so that We might make them an example for you (O mankind!), and so that the listening ear might listen (and bear in mind)

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatu

69:13

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ ۝١٣

Amatul Rahman Omar

When the trumpet is blown with a single blast

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatu

69:14

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ ۝١٤

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the earth and the mountains are borne away and then crushed into fine dust with a single crash

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidata

69:15

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

Amatul Rahman Omar

Then, on that day the great and sure Reality shall come to be

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

69:16

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ ۝١٦

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the heaven will cleave asunder for it will have become frail on that day

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatu

69:17

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰۤ أَرۡجَاۤىِٕهَاۚ وَیَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ ثَمَـٰنِیَةࣱ ۝١٧

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the angels will be (standing) on all sides (of the heaven) and eight (divine powers) will on that day be above them bearing the Throne of Power of your Lord

wal-malaku ʿalā arjāihā wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyatu

69:18

یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِیَةࣱ ۝١٨

Amatul Rahman Omar

On that day, you shall be brought (before God) and none of your secrets will remain hidden

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatu

69:19

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝١٩

Amatul Rahman Omar

Now, he who is given his record (of deeds) in his right hand will say (joyfully to others), `Here, take and read my record (of deeds)

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāumu iq'raū kitābiya

69:20

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٠

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Verily, I was sure that I would have to face my reckoning (one day)'

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya

69:21

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ۝٢١

Amatul Rahman Omar

So he shall lead an (everlasting) life of blissful happiness

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati

69:22

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ ۝٢٢

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ ۝٢٣

Amatul Rahman Omar

The clusters of fruit of which will be hanging low, within easy reach (to gather)

quṭūfuhā dāniyatu

69:24

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ ۝٢٤

Amatul Rahman Omar

(It will be said to those therein,) `Eat and drink delightfully (and to your hearts' content) on account of the good deeds you accomplished in the past days.

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyat

69:25

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝٢٥

Amatul Rahman Omar

But he who will be given the record (of his deeds) in his left hand, will say, `O would that I had not been given my record

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiya

69:26

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٦

Amatul Rahman Omar

`And I had not known my reckoning

walam adri mā ḥisābiya

69:27

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ ۝٢٧

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Would that it (- the death) had made an end of me

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat

69:28

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ ۝٢٨

Amatul Rahman Omar

`My wealth has been of no avail to me (this day)

mā aghnā ʿannī māliya

69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ ۝٢٩

Amatul Rahman Omar

`My arguments have failed me, and my authority gone.

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniya

69:30

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

Amatul Rahman Omar

(Orders shall be issued about such a one,) `Lay hold of him and bind him down with fetters

khudhūhu faghullūh

69:31

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Then cast him into the burning Fire

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

69:32

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

Amatul Rahman Omar

`And string him with a chain the length of which is seventy cubits (according to the average length of human life in years)

thumma fī sil'silatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-us'lukūh

69:33

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٣٣

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Verily, he did not believe in Allah, the Great

innahu kāna lā yu'minu bil-lahi l-ʿaẓīm

69:34

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ ۝٣٤

Amatul Rahman Omar

`And he did not urge (the people) to feed the poor

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

69:35

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ ۝٣٥

Amatul Rahman Omar

`He has, therefore, no warm friend here this day

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmu

69:36

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ ۝٣٦

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Nor (will he be served with) any food excepting something extremely hot

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līni

69:37

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِءُونَ ۝٣٧

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Which none but the wrongdoers shall take.

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

69:38

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

Amatul Rahman Omar

But nay! I call to witness those (signs) which you see

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūn

69:39

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٩

Amatul Rahman Omar

And that which you do not see

wamā lā tub'ṣirūn

69:40

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٤٠

Amatul Rahman Omar

That this (Qur'an) is surely the word (brought) by an honourable Messenger

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmi

69:41

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٤١

Amatul Rahman Omar

It is not at all the word of a poet. Little is the faith you have

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

69:42

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

Amatul Rahman Omar

Neither it is the word of a soothsayer. Little is the heed you give

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

69:43

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٤٣

Amatul Rahman Omar

(It is) a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

69:44

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِیلِ ۝٤٤

Amatul Rahman Omar

Had he (- Muhammad) forged and attributed some saying to Us (and said, `This is what Allah has revealed to me')

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

69:45

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٤٥

Amatul Rahman Omar

We would have certainly seized him strongly by the right hand (and so deprived him of all his power)

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

69:46

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ ۝٤٦

Amatul Rahman Omar

And then surely We would have cut off his jugular vein

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

69:47

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ ۝٤٧

Amatul Rahman Omar

Then none of you could have stopped (Us) from (punishing) him (and thus stood in Our way of dealing justly)

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

69:48

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٤٨

Amatul Rahman Omar

Behold! this (Qur'an) is a means to rise to eminence for those who are dutiful and guard against evil

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

69:49

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

Amatul Rahman Omar

We know, indeed, that there are some among you who reject it (- the Qur'an)

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

69:50

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ۝٥٠

Amatul Rahman Omar

Verily, this will be a (source of) regret for the disbelievers

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

69:51

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٥١

Amatul Rahman Omar

It is the absolute truth, a certainty

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

69:52

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٥٢

Amatul Rahman Omar

So glorify the name of your Lord, the Great

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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