In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
1. The Inevitable! (Day of Judgment)
2. What is the Inevitable?
3. Would that you knew (in detail) what the Inevitable is!
4. The people of Thamud and Ad denied the Day of Judgment
5. The Thamuds were destroyed by a violent blast of sound
6. The Ads were destroyed by a swift, destructive gale
7. which continued to strike them for seven and eight days so that eventually you could see the people lying dead like the hollow trunks of uprooted palm-trees
8. Can you see any of their survivors?
9. The Pharaoh, those who lived before him and the people of the Subverted Cities all persisted in doing evil
10. They disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord and He seized them with torment which increased with time
11. When the flood rose high and covered the whole land, We carried you in the Ark
12. as a lesson for you, but only attentive ears will retain it
13. With the first blast of sound from the trumpet,
14. the earth and mountains will be raised up high and crushed all together
15. On that day, the inevitable event will take place
16. and the heavens will be rent asunder,
17. and will turn frail, losing all force. The angels will be around the heavens and on that day eight of them will carry the Throne of your Lord above all the creatures
18. On that day all your secrets will be exposed
19. Those who will receive the books of the records of their deeds in their right hands will say, "Come and read my record
20. I was sure that the record of my deeds would be shown to me"
21. They will have a pleasant life
22. in an exalted garden
23. with fruits within easy reach
24. Such people will be told, "Eat and drink with pleasure as the reward for what you did in the past"
25. However, those who will receive the books of the records of their deeds in their left hands will say, "We wish that this record had never been given to us
26. and that we would never knew what our records contained
27. Would that death had taken us away for good
28. Our wealth is of no benefit to us
29. and our belief has destroyed us"
30. The angels will be told, "Seize and chain them,
31. then throw them into hell to be heated up therein
32. Fasten a chain to them - seventy cubits long -
33. they did not believe in the great God,
34. nor were they concerned with feeding the destitute
35. On this day, they will have no friends
36. and no food except pus
37. which only the sinners eat"
38. I do not need to swear by what you see
39. and what you do not see
40. because the Quran is certainly the word of a reverent messenger
41. It is not the word of a poet but only a few of you have faith,
42. nor is it the work of a soothsayer but only a few of you take heed
43. It is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe
44. Had Muhammad invented some words against Us,
45. We would have caught hold of him by his right hand
46. and cut-off his main artery
47. None of you would be able to prevent Us from doing this to him
48. The Quran is certainly a reminder for the pious ones
49. We certainly know that some of you have rejected it
50. and (on the Day of Judgment) this will be a great source of regret for the unbelievers
51. This is the Truth beyond any doubt
52. (Muhammad), glorify the name of your Lord, the Great One