1The Inevitable Reality –

2What is the Inevitable Reality?

3And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

4Thamūd and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

5So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

6And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming,¹⁶¹¹ violent wind

7Which He [i.e., Allāh] imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

8Then do you see of them any remains?

9And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities¹⁶¹² with sin.

10And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

11Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship¹⁶¹³

12That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

13Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

14And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] –

15Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,

16And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.¹⁶¹⁴

17And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

18That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.¹⁶¹⁵

19So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!

20Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

21So he will be in a pleasant life –

22In an elevated garden,

23Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

24[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth¹⁶¹⁶ in the days past."

25But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

26And had not known what is my account.

27I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.¹⁶¹⁷

28My wealth has not availed me.

29Gone from me is my authority."

30[Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

31Then into Hellfire drive him.

32Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

33Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,

34Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

35So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

36Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

37None will eat it except the sinners.

38So I swear by what you see

39And what you do not see

40[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur'ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.

41And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.

42Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

43[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

44And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

45We would have seized him by the right hand;¹⁶¹⁸

46Then We would have cut from him the aorta.¹⁶¹⁹

47And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

48And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur'ān] is a reminder for the righteous.

49And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

50And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

51And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

52So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.