بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ 3
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
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69:3
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ 4
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Tafsir
69:4
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ 5
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Tafsir
69:5
وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ 6
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
Tafsir
69:6
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ 7
Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
Tafsir
69:7
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ 9
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
Tafsir
69:9
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً 10
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
Tafsir
69:10
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ 11
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
Tafsir
69:11
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ 12
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
Tafsir
69:12
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ 13
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
Tafsir
69:13
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ 14
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
Tafsir
69:14
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ 16
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
Tafsir
69:16
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌۭ 17
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
Tafsir
69:17
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ 18
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
Tafsir
69:18
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ 19
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Tafsir
69:19
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ 20
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Tafsir
69:20
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ 24
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
Tafsir
69:24
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ 25
But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
Tafsir
69:25
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ 32
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Tafsir
69:32
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ 33
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Tafsir
69:33
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ 34
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Tafsir
69:34
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ 35
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Tafsir
69:35
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ 36
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Tafsir
69:36
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ 40
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
Tafsir
69:40
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ 41
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
Tafsir
69:41
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ 42
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Tafsir
69:42
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ 43
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Tafsir
69:43
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ 44
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
Tafsir
69:44
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ 47
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Tafsir
69:47
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ 48
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
Tafsir
69:48
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ 49
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
Tafsir
69:49
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ 50
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
Tafsir
69:50
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ 52
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Tafsir
69:52