198 - Quran - Surah 69 – Al-Haqqah - The Reality

1The Inevitable Hour!2What is the Inevitable Hour?3And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?4˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.5As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.6And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind7which God unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees.8Do you see any of them left alive?9Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,10each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.11Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,12so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.13At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast,14and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow,15on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.16The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail,17with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.18You will then be presented ˹ before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.19As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!20I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”21They will be in a life of bliss,22in an elevated Garden,23whose fruit will hang within reach.24˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”25And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record,26nor known anything of my reckoning!27I wish death was the end!28My wealth has not benefited me!29My authority has been stripped from me.”30˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them,31then burn them in Hell,32then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.33For they never had faith in God, the Greatest,34nor encouraged the feeding of the poor.35So this Day they will have no close friend here,36nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus,37which none will eat except the evildoers.”38Now, I do swear by whatever you see,39and whatever you cannot see!40Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger.41It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.42Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.43˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.44Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name,45We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,46then severed his aorta,47and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!48Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of God˺.49And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial,50and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.51And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth.52So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.