69-1 : In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!

69-2 : What is the Reality ?

69-3 : Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

69-4 : (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

69-5 : As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

69-6 : And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

69-7 : 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.

69-8 : Canst thou (O muhammad) see any remnant of them ?

69-9 : And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

69-10 : And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

69-11 : Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

69-12 : That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

69-13 : And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

69-14 : And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

69-15 : Then, on that day will the Event befall.

69-16 : And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

69-17 : And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

69-18 : On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

69-19 : Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!

69-20 : Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

69-21 : Then he will be in blissful state

69-22 : In a high garden

69-23 : Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

69-24 : (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

69-25 : 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 book

69-26 : And knew not what my reckoning!

69-27 : Oh, would that it had been death!

69-28 : My wealth hath not availed me,

69-29 : My power hath gone from me.

69-30 : (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

69-31 : And then expose him to hell - fire

69-32 : And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

69-33 : Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

69-34 : And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

69-35 : Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

69-36 : Nor any food save filth

69-37 : Which none but sinners eat.

69-38 : But nay! I swear by all that ye see

69-39 : And all that ye see not

69-40 : That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

69-41 : It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

69-42 : Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

69-43 : It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

69-44 : And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

69-45 : We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

69-46 : And then severed his life - artery,

69-47 : And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

69-48 : And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

69-49 : And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

69-50 : And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

69-51 : And lo! it is absolute truth.

69-52 : So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.