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Surah 69
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Fifty-two verses: The inevitable — a word repeated three times before anything is said about it. Thamud and 'Aad, the wind loosed for seven nights and eight days, and then the two hands: the one given his record in his right and calling out for people to read it, and the one who wishes he had never been given his at all.
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Easy-read (simplified)al-haaqqah
DIN 31635al-ḥāqqatu
The Reality.
The Reality
The Infallible
The INEVITABLE
The infallible
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Easy-read (simplified)maa l-haaqqah
DIN 31635mā l-ḥāqqatu
What is the Reality?
What is the Reality
what is the Infallible
What is the Inevitable
What is the infallible
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa adraaka maa l-haaqqah
DIN 31635wamā ʾadrāka mā l-ḥāqqatu
The translators word this verse differently
What will make you understand what the Reality is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is
and what should make thee know what the Infallible is
And who shall make thee comprehend what the Inevitable is
And what shall cause thee to understand what the infallible is
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Easy-read (simplified)kadhdhabat thamoodu wa'aadun bil-qaari'ah
DIN 31635kaḏḏabat ṯamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿati
The translators word this verse differently
Thamood and Aad denied the Catastrophe.
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come
Thamud and 'Ad called the Striking Day a lie
Themoud and Ad treated the day of Terrors as a lie
The tribes of Thamud and Ad denied as a falsehood the day which shall strike men's hearts with terror
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'ammaa thamoodu fa'uhlikoo bit-taaghiyah
DIN 31635faʾammā ṯamūdu faʾuhlikū biṭ-ṭāġiyati
The translators word this verse differently
As for Thamood, they were annihilated by the Overwhelming.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning
but as for Thamud they perished by the shock
So as to Themoud, they were destroyed by crashing thunder bolts
But Thamud were destroyed by a terrible noise
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'ammaa 'aadun fa'uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah
DIN 31635waʾammā ʿādun faʾuhlikū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyatin
And as for Aad; they were annihilated by a furious, roaring wind.
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind
and as for 'Ad they perished with the violent cold blast of wind
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring and furious blast
And Ad were destroyed by a roaring and furious wind
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Easy-read (simplified)sakhkharahaa 'alayhim sab'a layaalin wathamaaniyata ayyaamin husooman fataraa l-qawma feehaa sar'aa ka'annahum a'jaazu nakhlin khaawiyah
DIN 31635saḫḫarahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin waṯamāniyata ʾayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā kaʾannahum ʾaʿǧāzu naḫlin ḫāwiyatin
The translators word this verse differently
He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, in succession. You could see the people tossed around, as though they were stumps of hollow palm-trees.
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
which He subjected against them for seven nights and eight days consecutively
It did the bidding of God against them seven nights and eight days together, during which thou mightest have seen the people laid low, as though they had been the trunks of hollow palms
which God caused to assail them for seven nights and eight days successively: Thou mightest have seen people, during the same, lying prostrate, as though they had been the roots of hollow palm-trees
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
Easy-read (simplified)fahal taraa lahum min baaqiyah
DIN 31635fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyatin
The translators word this verse differently
Can you see any remnant of them?
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them
Thou mightest see the people therein prostrate as though they were palm stumps thrown down, and canst thou see any of them left
And couldst thou have seen one of them surviving
and couldest thou have seen any of them remaining
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
Easy-read (simplified)wajaa'a fir'awnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikaatu bil-khaati'ah
DIN 31635waǧāʾa firʿawnu waman qablahu wal-muʾtafikātu bil-ḫāṭiʾati
Then Pharaoh came, and those before him, and the Overturned Cities steeped in sin.
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error
And Pharaoh and those before him of the overturned Cities committed sins
Pharaoh also, and those who flourished before him, and the overthrown cities, committed sin
Pharaoh also, and those who were before him, and the cities which were overthrown, were guilty of sin
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Easy-read (simplified)fa'asaw rasoola rabbihim fa'akhadhahum akhdhatan raabiyah
DIN 31635faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim faʾaḫaḏahum ʾaḫḏatan rābiyatan
But they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an overpowering grip.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip
and they rebelled against the apostle of their Lord, and He seized them with an excessive punishment
And disobeyed the Sent one of their Lord; therefore did he chastise them with an accumulated chastisement
and they severally were disobedient to the apostle of their Lord; wherefore He chastised them with an abundant chastisement
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
Easy-read (simplified)innaa lammaa taghaa l-maa'u hamalnaakum fee l-jaariyah
DIN 31635ʾinnā lammā ṭaġā l-māʾu ḥamalnākum fī l-ǧāriyati
The translators word this verse differently
When the waters overflowed, We carried you in the cruising ship.
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Verily, we, when the water surged, bore you on it in a sailing ship
When the Flood rose high, we bare you in the Ark
When the water of the deluge arose, We carried you in the ark which swam thereon
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
Easy-read (simplified)linaj'alahaa lakum tadhkiratan wata'iyahaa udhunun waa'iyah
DIN 31635linaǧʿalahā lakum taḏkiratan wataʿiyahā ʾuḏunun wāʿiyatun
To make it a lesson for you-so that retaining ears may retain it.
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember
to make it a memorial for you, and that the retentive ear might hold it
That we might make that event a warning to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it
that We might make the same a memorial unto you, and the retaining ear might retain it
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'idhaa nufikha fee s-soori nafkhatun waahidah
DIN 31635faʾiḏā nufiḫa fī ṣ-ṣūri nafḫatun wāḥidatun
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded a single time.
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And when the trumpet shall be blown with one blast
But when one blast shall be blown on the trumpet
And when one blast shall sound the trumpet
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
Easy-read (simplified)wahumilati l-'ardu wal-jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatan waahidah
DIN 31635waḥumilati l-ʾarḍu wal-ǧibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidatan
The translators word this verse differently
And the earth and the mountains are lifted up, and crushed, with a single crush.
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash
and the earth shall be borne away, and the mountains too, and both be crushed with one crushing
And the earth and the mountains shall be upheaved, and shall both be crushed into dust at a single crushing
and the earth shall be moved from its place, and the mountains also, and shall be dashed in pieces at one stroke
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Easy-read (simplified)fayawma'idhin waqa'ati l-waaqi'ah
DIN 31635fayawmaʾiḏin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu
On that Day, the Event will come to pass.
Then, on that day will the Event befall
on that day shall the inevitable happen
On that day the woe that must come suddenly shall suddenly come
On that day the inevitable hour of judgment shall suddenly come
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
Easy-read (simplified)waanshaqqati s-samaa'u fahiya yawma'idhin waahiyah
DIN 31635wānšaqqati s-samāʾu fahiya yawmaʾiḏin wāhiyatun
And the heaven will crack; so on that Day it will be frail.
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail
and the heaven on that day shall be cleft asunder, for on that day shall it wane
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, for on that day it shall be fragile
and the heavens shall cleave in sunder, and shall fall in pieces, on that day
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-malaku 'alaa arjaa'ihaa wayahmilu 'arsha rabbika fawqahum yawma'idhin thamaaniyah
DIN 31635wal-malaku ʿalā ʾarǧāʾihā wayaḥmilu ʿarša rabbika fawqahum yawmaʾiḏin ṯamāniyatun
And the angels will be ranged around its borders, while eight will be carrying the Throne of your Lord above them that Day.
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them
and the angels upon the sides thereof; and above them on that day shall eight bear the throne of thy Lord
And the angels shall be on its sides, and over them on that day eight shall bear up the throne of thy Lord
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and eight shall bear the throne of thy Lord above them, on that day
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
Easy-read (simplified)yawma'idhin tu'radoona laa takhfaa minkum khaafiyah
DIN 31635yawmaʾiḏin tuʿraḍūna lā taḫfā minkum ḫāfiyatun
On that Day you will be exposed, and no secret of yours will remain hidden.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden
On the day when ye shall be set forth no hidden thing of yours shall be concealed
On that day ye shall be brought before Him: none of your hidden deeds shall remain hidden
On that day ye shall be presented before the judgment seat of God; and none of your secret actions shall be hidden
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Easy-read (simplified)fa'ammaa man ootiya kitaabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haa'umu qra'oo kitaabiyah
DIN 31635faʾammā man ʾūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāʾumu qraʾū kitābiyah
As for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say, "Here, take my book and read it.
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book
And as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall say, 'Here! take and read my book
And he who shall have his book given to him in his right hand, will say to his friends, "Take ye it; read ye my book
And he who shall have his book delivered into his right hand, shall say, take ye, read this my book
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Easy-read (simplified)innee zanantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah
DIN 31635ʾinnī ẓanantu ʾannī mulāqin ḥisābiyah
The translators word this verse differently
I knew I would be held accountable."
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning
Verily, I thought that I should meet my reckoning
I ever thought that to this my reckoning I should come
verily I thought that I should be brought to this my account
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Easy-read (simplified)fahuwa fee 'eeshatin raadiyah
DIN 31635fahuwa fī ʿīšatin rāḍiyatin
The translators word this verse differently
So he will be in pleasant living.
Then he will be in blissful state
and he shall be in a pleasing life
And his shall be a life that shall please him well
He shall lead a pleasing life
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Easy-read (simplified)fee jannatin 'aaliyah
DIN 31635fī ǧannatin ʿāliyatin
In a lofty Garden.
In a high garden
in a lofty garden
In a lofty garden
in a lofty garden
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Easy-read (simplified)qutoofuhaa daaniyah
DIN 31635quṭūfuhā dāniyatun
The translators word this verse differently
Its pickings are within reach.
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach
whose fruits are nigh to cull
Whose clusters shall be near at hand
the fruits whereof shall be near to gather
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
Easy-read (simplified)kuloo washraboo hanee'an bimaa aslaftum fee l-'ayyaami l-khaaliyah
DIN 31635kulū wašrabū hanīʾan bimā ʾaslaftum fī l-ʾayyāmi l-ḫāliyati
The translators word this verse differently
"Eat and drink merrily for what you did in the days gone by."
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days
Eat ye and drink with good digestion, for what ye did aforetime in the days that have gone by
Eat ye and drink with healthy relish, as the meed of what ye sent on beforehand in the days which are past
Eat and drink with easy digestion; because of the good works which ye sent before you, in the days which are past
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'ammaa man ootiya kitaabahu bishimaalihi fayaqoolu yaa laytanee lam oota kitaabiyah
DIN 31635waʾammā man ʾūtiya kitābahu bišimālihi fayaqūlu yā laytanī lam ʾūta kitābiyah
But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, "I wish I was never given my book.
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
But as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say, 'O, would that I had not received my book
But he who shall have his book given into his left hand, will say, "O that my book had never been given me
But he who shall have his book delivered into his left hand, shall say, O that I had not received this my book
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Easy-read (simplified)walam adri maa hisaabiyah
DIN 31635walam ʾadri mā ḥisābiyah
The translators word this verse differently
And never knew what my account was.
And knew not what my reckoning
I did not know what my account would be
And that I had never known my reckoning
and that I had not known what this my account was
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