Surah 69

The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!

What is the Inevitable?

And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?

Thamûd and ‘Âd people denied the Qâri‘ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!

As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by the awful cry!

And as for ‘Âd, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!

Which Allâh imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!

Do you see any remnants of them?

And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lût (Lot)] committed sin.

And they disobeyed their Lord’s Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.

Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nûh’s (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nûh (Noah)]

That We might make it (Noah’s ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.

Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).

And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.

Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.

And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.

And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.

Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!

"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"