# 69. al-Haqqah: The Inevitable

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> 69. al-Haqqah: The Inevitable
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> 1 The Reality! 
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> 2 What is the Reality ? 
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> 3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is! 
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> 4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come. 
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> 5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning. 
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> 6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind, 
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> 7 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. 
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> 8 Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ? 
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> 9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error, 
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> 10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip. 
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> 11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship 
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> 12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember. 
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> 13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast 
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> 14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash, 
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> 15 Then, on that day will the Event befall. 
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> 16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail. 
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> 17 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them. 
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> 18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden. 
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> 19 Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book! 
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> 20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning. 
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> 21 Then he will be in blissful state 
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> 22 In a high garden 
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> 23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach. 
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> 24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days. 
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> 25 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 
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> 26 And knew not what my reckoning! 
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> 27 Oh, would that it had been death! 
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> 28 My wealth hath not availed me, 
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> 29 My power hath gone from me. 
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> 30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him 
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> 31 And then expose him to hell-fire 
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> 32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits. 
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> 33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous, 
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> 34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched. 
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> 35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day, 
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> 36 Nor any food save filth 
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> 37 Which none but sinners eat. 
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> 38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see 
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> 39 And all that ye see not 
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> 40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger. 
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> 41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe! 
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> 42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember! 
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> 43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. 
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> 44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us, 
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> 45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand 
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> 46 And then severed his life-artery, 
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> 47 And not one of you could have held Us off from him. 
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> 48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil). 
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> 49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it). 
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> 50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers. 
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> 51 And lo! it is absolute truth. 
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> 52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
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> — *69. al-Haqqah: The Inevitable*