Surah “The Reality, The Inevitable”

as rendered by [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) — 52 verses

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The reality
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What is the reality
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Absolutely, do you know what is the reality
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Thamud and 'Aad disbelieved in the Shocker
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As for Thamud, they were annihilated by the devastation.
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And as for 'Aad, they were annihilated by a furious violent wind.
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He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, in succession. You could see the people destroyed in it, as if they are decayed palm trunks
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Do you see any legacy for them
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And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the sinners, came with wrongdoing
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They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. So He took them with a devastating requital
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And when the water flooded, We carried you on the vessel.
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That We would make it as a reminder for you, and so that any listening ear may understand
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And when the horn is blown once
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And the earth and the mountains will be removed from their place and crushed with a single crush
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On that Day the unavoidable event will come to pass
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And the sky will be torn, and on that Day it will be flimsy
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And the angels will be on its borders; and the Throne of your Lord will be carried, above them on that Day, by eight
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On that Day, you will be exposed, nothing from you can be hidden.
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As for the one who is given his record in his right, he will say: "Here, come and read my record!"
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"I knew that I was going to be held accountable.
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So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
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In a lofty Paradise.
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Its fruits are within reach.
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"Eat and drink merrily in return for your works in days past.
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As for him who is given his record in his left, he will say: "Oh, I wish I never received my record,
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"And that I never knew my account,
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"I wish the end had been final,
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"My money cannot help me,
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"All my power is gone."
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Take him and shackle him.
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Then to Hell cast him.
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Then, in a chain that is the length of seventy arms, tie him up.
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For he did not believe in God, the Great.
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Nor did he advocate the feeding of the poor.
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Consequently, he has no friend here today.
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Nor any food, except from pollutants.
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Food for the wrongdoers.
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So I do swear by what you see.
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And what you do not see
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This is the utterance of an honorable messenger.
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It is not the utterance of a poet; rarely do you believe
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Nor the utterance of a soothsayer; rarely do you take heed.
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A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
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And had he attributed anything falsely to Us.
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We would have seized him by the right.
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Then, We would have severed his life-line
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None of you would be able to prevent it.
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And this is a reminder for the righteous.
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And We know that some of you are deniers
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And that it is a distress for the rejecters.
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And it is the absolute truth.
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Therefore, you shall glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.