69:0 In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

69:1 The incontestable (event).

69:2 What an incontestable (event)!

69:3 It is truly incontestable.

69:4 Thamoud and `Aad disbelieved in the Shocker.

69:5 As for Thamoud, they were annihilated by the devastating (quake).

69:6 As for `Aad, they were annihilated by a persistent, violent storm.

69:7 He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, violently. You could see the people tossed around like decayed palm trunks.

69:8 Can you find any trace of them?

69:9 Pharaoh, others before him, and the sinners (of Sodom) were wicked.

69:10 They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. Consequently, He requited them a devastating requital.

69:11 The flood was devastating, so we carried you on the floating (ark).

69:12 We rendered it a lesson for you, that any listening ear may understand.

69:13 When the horn is blown once.

69:14 The earth and the mountains will be carried off and crushed; utterly crushed.

69:15 That is the day when the inevitable event will come to pass.

69:16 The heaven will crack, and fall apart.

69:17 The angels will be all around, and Your Lord's dominion will then encompass eight (universes).

69:18 On that day, you will be exposed, nothing of you can be hidden.

The Believers

69:19 As for the one who receives his record with his right hand, he will say, "Come read my record.

69:20 "I did believe that I was going to be held accountable."

69:21 He has deserved a happy life.

69:22 In an exalted Paradise.

69:23 Its fruits are within reach.

69:24 Eat and drink happily in return for your works in days past.

The Disbelievers

69:25 As for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I never received my record.

69:26 "I wish I never knew my account.

69:27 "I wish my death was eternal.

69:28 "My money cannot help me.

69:29 "All my power is gone."

69:30 Take him and shackle him.

69:31 Burn him in Hell.

69:32 In a chain that is seventy arms long, tie him up.

69:33 For he did not believe in GOD, Most Great.

69:34 Nor did he advocate the feeding of the poor.

69:35 Consequently, he has no friend here.

69:36 Nor any food, except the bitter variety.

69:37 Food for the sinners.

69:38 I swear by what you see.

69:39 And what you do not see.

69:40 This is the utterance of an honorable messenger.

69:41 Not the utterance of a poet; rarely do you believe.

69:42 Nor the utterance of a soothsayer; rarely do you take heed.

69:43 A revelation from the Lord of the universe.

Muhammad Forbidden from Issuing

Any Religious Teachings

69:44 Had he uttered any other teachings.

69:45 We would have punished him.

69:46 We would have stopped the revelations to him.

69:47 None of you could have helped him.

69:48 This is a reminder for the righteous.

69:49 We know; some of you are rejectors.

69:50 It is but sorrow for the disbelievers.

69:51 It is the absolute truth.

69:52 Therefore, you shall glorify the name of your Lord, Most Great.