69:1 The inevitable Hour. 

69:2 What is the inevitable Hour? 

69:3 What do you understand by the inevitable Hour? 

69:4 Thamud and Aad people denied the Calamity (the  Hour of Judgment)!  

69:5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful Shriek!  

69:6 As for Aad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind,  

69:7 which Allah 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.  

69:8 Do you see anything left of them?  

69:9 The Pharaoh, and those before him, the overturned cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah during the time of Loot  عليه السلام), committed the crime.  

69:10 Each disobeying their Lord’s Apostle, so He seized them with a crushing grip.

69:11 Surely! When the water rose beyond limits (during the time of Nooh عليه السلام), We carried you people (your ancestors) in the floating ship,  

69:12 so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.  

69:13 Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (first one),  

69:14 and the earth with all its mountains will be lifted up and crushed into pieces with a single stroke.  

69:15 Then on that Day the inevitable Event will befall,  

69:16 and skies will split apart, for that Day it will be very frail.  

69:17 And the angels will be on all sides,  and on that Day eight angels will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.  

69:18 That shall be the day when you (all) will be brought before your Lord, and none of your secrets shall remain hidden. 

69:19 Then, the one who is given his record (of deeds) in his right hand would say, (excitedly), 'Here, (let me take a look and) read the record (of my deeds).' 

69:20 'I really did believe that (one day), I would have to face the reckoning.' 

69:21 So he will have a life of bliss, 

69:22 in an elevated garden (in Paradise), 

69:23 with fruits (on trees) in bunches which will be low  near at hand. 

69:24 (It will be said) : 'Eat and drink at ease, (this is the reward) for what you did in past days (in your life)!

69:25 As for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, 'I wish I was never given my record,

69:26 and never knew what my account was.'

69:27 I wish death was the end. 

69:28 My wealth has not benefited me. 

69:29 My power and arguments (to defend myself) have gone from me!

69:30 (It will be said to the angels) Seize  him and  shackle him,

69:31 then throw him in blazing Fire.

69:32 Then tie him with a chain whose length is seventy cubits.

69:33 For he did not believe in Allah, the Magnificent,

69:34 nor did he encourage feeding of the poor.

69:35 Therefore, he has no friends here today.

69:36 And to eat, he only has the filthy discharge from wounds!

69:37 That none but the evil doers will eat.

69:38 Nay! I swear by all that you can see,

69:39 and whatever you do not see,

69:40 that it is a speech (recitation) of a Noble Apostle.

69:41 And it is not the word (recitation) of a poet;  how little you believe,

69:42 nor the word (recitation) of a soothsayer; how little you remember,

69:43 (It is) a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.

69:44 Had someone (impersonating Our Apostle  ﷺ) made up something in Our Name,

69:45 We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,

69:46 then We would have severed his lifeline,

69:47 and none of you could have prevented it!

69:48 Indeed, this (Quran) is a reminder to those who are mindful (of Allah).

69:49 Surely We know that there are some among you who deny (the Quran),

69:50 and for such disbelievers,  it is indeed a cause of despair.

69:51 And indeed, this (Quran) is the absolute truth. 

69:52 So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Supreme.