The Reality, The Inevitable — Yusuf Ali Saudi Rev 1985 Translation

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

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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Then seest thou any of them left surviving

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 Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin

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 disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyata

69:11

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ ۝١١

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We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark)

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 Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatu

69:13

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ ۝١٣

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Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet

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 is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidata

69:15

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

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On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

69:16

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ ۝١٦

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And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy

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 its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord 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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That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide 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 he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record

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

69:20

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٠

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"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya

69:21

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ۝٢١

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And he will be in a life of Bliss

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati

69:22

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ ۝٢٢

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In a Garden on high

fī jannatin ʿāliyati

69:23

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ ۝٢٣

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The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near

quṭūfuhā dāniyatu

69:24

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ ۝٢٤

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"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"

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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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

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

69:26

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٦

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"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)

walam adri mā ḥisābiya

69:27

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ ۝٢٧

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"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat

69:28

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ ۝٢٨

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"Of no profit to me has been my wealth

mā aghnā ʿannī māliya

69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ ۝٢٩

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"My power has perished from me!"..

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniya

69:30

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

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(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him

khudhūhu faghullūh

69:31

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

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"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

69:32

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

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"Further, make him march 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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"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High

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

69:34

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ ۝٣٤

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"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

69:35

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ ۝٣٥

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"So no friend hath he here this Day

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmu

69:36

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ ۝٣٦

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"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līni

69:37

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِءُونَ ۝٣٧

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"Which none do eat but those in sin."

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

69:38

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

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So I do call to witness what ye see

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūn

69:39

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٩

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And what ye see not

wamā lā tub'ṣirūn

69:40

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٤٠

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That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmi

69:41

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٤١

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It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

69:42

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

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Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

69:43

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٤٣

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(This is) a Message sent down 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 the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

69:45

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٤٥

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We should certainly seize him by his right hand

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

69:46

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ ۝٤٦

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And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

69:47

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ ۝٤٧

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Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath)

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

69:48

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٤٨

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But verily this is a Message for the Allah-fearing

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

69:49

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

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And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it)

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

69:50

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ۝٥٠

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But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

69:51

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٥١

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But verily it is Truth of assured certainty

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

69:52

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٥٢

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So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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