وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ٩
Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,
69:9
فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً ١٠
each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.
69:10
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ ١١
Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you1 in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,
69:11
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ ١٢
so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.
69:12
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣
At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast,
69:13
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ ١٤
and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow,
69:14
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١٥
on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.
69:15
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ ١٦
The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail,
69:16
وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ ١٧
with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
69:17
يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةٞ ١٨
You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.
69:18
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ١٩
As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!
69:19
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ ٢٠
I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”
69:20
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٢١
They will be in a life of bliss,
69:21
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ٢٢
in an elevated Garden,
69:22
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ ٢٣
whose fruit will hang within reach.
69:23
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ ٢٤
˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”
69:24
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ٢٥
And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record,
69:25
وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ ٢٦
nor known anything of my reckoning!
69:26
يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
I wish death was the end!
69:27
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ ٢٨
My wealth has not benefited me!
69:28
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ ٢٩
My authority has been stripped from me.”
69:29
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠
˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them,
69:30
ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١
then burn them in Hell,
69:31
ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ٣٢
then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.
69:32
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٣٣
For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest,
69:33
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣٤
nor encouraged the feeding of the poor.
69:34