In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
69:1The incontestable (event).
69:2What an incontestable (event)!
69:3It is truly incontestable.
69:4Thamoud and `Aad disbelieved in the Shocker.
69:5As for Thamoud, they were annihilated by the devastating (quake).
69:6As for `Aad, they were annihilated by a persistent, violent storm.
69:7He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, violently. You could see the people tossed around like decayed palm trunks.
69:8Can you find any trace of them?
69:9Pharaoh, others before him, and the sinners (of Sodom) were wicked.
69:10They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. Consequently, He requited them a devastating requital.
69:11The flood was devastating, so we carried you on the floating (ark).
69:12We rendered it a lesson for you, that any listening ear may understand.
69:13When the horn is blown once.
69:14The earth and the mountains will be carried off and crushed; utterly crushed.
69:15That is the day when the inevitable event will come to pass.
69:16The heaven will crack, and fall apart.
69:17The angels will be all around, and Your Lord’s dominion will then encompass eight (universes).*
Footnote 69:17
*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).
69:18On that day, you will be exposed, nothing of you can be hidden.
The Believers
69:19As 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.”
69:21He has deserved a happy life.
69:22In an exalted Paradise.
69:23Its fruits are within reach.
69:24Eat and drink happily in return for your works in days past.
The Disbelievers
69:25As 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.”
69:30Take him and shackle him.
69:31Burn him in Hell.
69:32In a chain that is seventy arms long, tie him up.
69:33For he did not believe in GOD, Most Great.
69:34Nor did he advocate the feeding of the poor.
69:35Consequently, he has no friend here.
69:36Nor any food, except the bitter variety.
69:37Food for the sinners.
69:38I swear by what you see.
69:39And what you do not see.
69:40This is the utterance of an honorable messenger.
69:41Not the utterance of a poet; rarely do you believe.
69:42Nor the utterance of a soothsayer; rarely do you take heed.
69:43A revelation from the Lord of the universe.
Muhammad Forbidden from Issuing Any Religious Teachings
69:44Had he uttered any other teachings.
69:45We would have punished him.
69:46We would have stopped the revelations to him.
69:47None of you could have helped him.
69:48This is a reminder for the righteous.
69:49We know; some of you are rejectors.
69:50It is but sorrow for the disbelievers.
69:51It is the absolute truth.
69:52Therefore, you shall glorify the name of your Lord, Most Great.