Sura 69: Incontestable (Al-Haaqqah)
Number of verses: 52
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. The incontestable
(event).
2. What an incontestable
(event)!
3. It is truly
incontestable.
4. Thamoud and `Aad
disbelieved in the Shocker.
5. As for Thamoud, they
were annihilated by the devastating (quake).
6. As for `Aad, they were
annihilated by a persistent, violent storm.
7. He unleashed it upon
them for seven nights and eight days, violently. You could see
the people tossed around like decayed palm trunks.
8. Can you find any trace
of them?
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9. Pharaoh, others
before him, and the sinners (of Sodom) were wicked.
10. They disobeyed the
messenger of their Lord. Consequently, He requited them a
devastating requital.
11. The flood was
devastating, so we carried you on the floating (ark).
12. We rendered it a
lesson for you, that any listening ear may understand.
13. When the horn is
blown once.
14. The earth and the
mountains will be carried off and crushed; utterly crushed.
15. That is the Day when
the inevitable event will come to pass.
16. The heaven will
crack, and fall apart.
17. The angels will be
all around, and Your Lord's dominion will then encompass eight
(universes).
18. On that Day, you will be exposed, nothing of you can be hidden.
The Believers
19. As
for the one who receives his record with his right hand, he will
say, "Come read my record.
20. "I did believe
that I was going to be held accountable."
21. He has deserved a
happy life.
22. In an exalted
Paradise.
23. Its fruits are within
reach.
24. Eat and drink happily
in return for your works in days past.
The Disbelievers
25. As for him who is
given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish
I never received my record.
26. "I wish I never
knew my account.
27. "I wish my death
was eternal.
28. "My money cannot
help me.
29. "All my power is
gone."
30. Take him and shackle
him.
31. Burn him in Hell.
32. In a chain that is
seventy arms long, tie him up.
33. For he did not
believe in GOD, Most Great.
34. Nor did he advocate
the feeding of the poor.
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*69:17 This earth is full of
misery because of its physical distance from God, since it is in
the seventh universe (7:143). In the Hereafter, an eighth
universe will be created that will be even farther than our
seventh universe; it will be called "Hell'' (89:23).
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Sura 69
35. Consequently, he
has no friend here.
36. Nor any food, except
the bitter variety.
37. Food for the sinners.
38. I
swear by what you see.
39. And what you do not
see.
40. This is the utterance
of an honorable messenger.
41. Not the utterance of
a poet; rarely do you believe.
42. Nor the utterance of
a soothsayer; rarely do you take heed.
43. A revelation from the
Lord of the universe.
Muhammad
Forbidden from Issuing
Any Religious Teachings
44. Had he uttered any
other teachings.
45. We would have
punished him.
46. We would have stopped
the revelations to him.
47. None of you could
have helped him.
48. This is a reminder
for the righteous.
49. We
know; some of you are rejectors.
50. It is but sorrow for
the disbelievers.
51. It is the absolute
truth.
52. Therefore, you shall
glorify the name of your Lord, Most Great.
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