The Reality, The Inevitable — Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall Translation

Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees

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

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Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyati

69:9

وَجَاۤءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ۝٩

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And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error

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

69:10

فَعَصَوۡا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِیَةً ۝١٠

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And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyata

69:11

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ ۝١١

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Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the shi

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyat

69:12

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِیَهَاۤ أُذُنࣱ وَ ٰعِیَةࣱ ۝١٢

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That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatu

69:13

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ ۝١٣

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And when the trumpet shall sound one blas

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatu

69:14

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ ۝١٤

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And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidata

69:15

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

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Then, on that day will the Event befall

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

69:16

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ ۝١٦

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And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatu

69:17

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰۤ أَرۡجَاۤىِٕهَاۚ وَیَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ ثَمَـٰنِیَةࣱ ۝١٧

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And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them

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

69:18

یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِیَةࣱ ۝١٨

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On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatu

69:19

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝١٩

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Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book

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

69:20

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٠

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Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya

69:21

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ۝٢١

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Then he will be in blissful stat

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati

69:22

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ ۝٢٢

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In a high garde

fī jannatin ʿāliyati

69:23

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ ۝٢٣

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Whereof the clusters are in easy reach

quṭūfuhā dāniyatu

69:24

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ ۝٢٤

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(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in 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

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But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my boo

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

69:26

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٦

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And knew not what my reckoning

walam adri mā ḥisābiya

69:27

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ ۝٢٧

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Oh, would that it had been death

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat

69:28

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ ۝٢٨

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My wealth hath not availed me

mā aghnā ʿannī māliya

69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ ۝٢٩

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My power hath gone from me

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniya

69:30

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

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(It will be said): Take him and fetter hi

khudhūhu faghullūh

69:31

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

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And then expose him to hell-fir

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

69:32

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

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And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits

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

69:33

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٣٣

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Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous

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

69:34

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ ۝٣٤

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And urged not on the feeding of the wretched

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

69:35

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ ۝٣٥

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Therefor hath he no lover here this day

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmu

69:36

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ ۝٣٦

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Nor any food save filt

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līni

69:37

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِءُونَ ۝٣٧

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Which none but sinners eat

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

69:38

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

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But nay! I swear by all that ye se

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūn

69:39

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٩

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And all that ye see no

wamā lā tub'ṣirūn

69:40

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٤٠

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That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmi

69:41

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٤١

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It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

69:42

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

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Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

69:43

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٤٣

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It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

69:44

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِیلِ ۝٤٤

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And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

69:45

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٤٥

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We assuredly had taken him by the right han

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

69:46

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ ۝٤٦

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And then severed his life-artery

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

69:47

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ ۝٤٧

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And not one of you could have held Us off from him

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

69:48

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٤٨

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And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil)

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

69:49

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

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And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it)

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

69:50

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ۝٥٠

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And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

69:51

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٥١

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And lo! it is absolute truth

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

69:52

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٥٢

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So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

Surah 69. The Reality, The Inevitable (al-Haqqah)

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