68:43
خَٰشِعَةً
khashi'atan
Humbled
أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ
absaruhum
their eyes
تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ
tarhaquhum
will cover them
ذِلَّةٞۖ
dhillatun
humiliation
وَقَدۡ
waqad
And indeed
كَانُواْ
kanu
they were
يُدۡعَوۡنَ
yud'awna
called
إِلَى
ila
to
ٱلسُّجُودِ
al-sujudi
prostrate
وَهُمۡ
wahum
while they
سَٰلِمُونَ
salimuna
(were) sound
٤٣

and their eyes will be downcast and they will be overwhelmed with shame: they were invited to prostrate themselves when they were safe [but refused]

Translation 1260

68:44
فَذَرۡنِي
fadharni
So leave Me
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
يُكَذِّبُ
yukadhibu
denies
بِهَٰذَا
bihadha
this
ٱلۡحَدِيثِۖ
al-hadithi
Statement
سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم
sanastadrijuhum
We will progressively lead them
مِّنۡ
min
from
حَيۡثُ
haythu
where
لَا
la
not
يَعۡلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
they know
٤٤

So [Prophet] leave those who reject this revelation to Me: We shall lead them on, step by step, in ways beyond their knowledge

Translation 1260

68:45
وَأُمۡلِي
wa-um'li
And I will give respite
لَهُمۡۚ
lahum
to them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
كَيۡدِي
kaydi
My plan
مَتِينٌ
matinun
(is) firm
٤٥

I will allow them more time, for My plan is powerful

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68:46
أَمۡ
am
Or
تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ
tasaluhum
you ask them
أَجۡرٗا
ajran
a payment
فَهُم
fahum
so they
مِّن
min
from
مَّغۡرَمٖ
maghramin
(the) debt
مُّثۡقَلُونَ
muth'qaluna
(are) burdened
٤٦

Do you demand some reward from them that would burden them with debt

Translation 1260

68:47
أَمۡ
am
Or
عِندَهُمُ
indahumu
(is) with them
ٱلۡغَيۡبُ
al-ghaybu
the unseen
فَهُمۡ
fahum
so they
يَكۡتُبُونَ
yaktubuna
write it
٤٧

Do they have knowledge of the unseen that enables them to write it down

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68:48
فَٱصۡبِرۡ
fa-is'bir
So be patient
لِحُكۡمِ
lihuk'mi
for (the) decision
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَكُن
takun
be
كَصَاحِبِ
kasahibi
like (the) companion
ٱلۡحُوتِ
al-huti
(of) the fish
إِذۡ
idh
when
نَادَىٰ
nada
he called out
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
مَكۡظُومٞ
makzumun
(was) distressed
٤٨

Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: do not be like the man in the whale who called out in distress

Translation 1260

68:49
لَّوۡلَآ
lawla
If not
أَن
an
that
تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ
tadarakahu
overtook him
نِعۡمَةٞ
ni'matun
a Favor
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِۦ
rabbihi
his Lord
لَنُبِذَ
lanubidha
surely he would have been thrown
بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ
bil-'arai
onto (the) naked shore
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
مَذۡمُومٞ
madhmumun
(was) blamed
٤٩

if his Lord’s grace had not reached him, he would have been left, abandoned and blameworthy, on the barren shore

Translation 1260

68:50
فَٱجۡتَبَٰهُ
fa-ij'tabahu
But chose him
رَبُّهُۥ
rabbuhu
his Lord
فَجَعَلَهُۥ
faja'alahu
and made him
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
al-salihina
the righteous
٥٠

but his Lord chose him and made him one of the Righteous

Translation 1260

68:51
وَإِن
wa-in
And indeed
يَكَادُ
yakadu
would almost
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُواْ
kafaru
disbelieve
لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ
layuz'liqunaka
surely make you slip
بِأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ
bi-absarihim
with their look
لَمَّا
lamma
when
سَمِعُواْ
sami'u
they hear
ٱلذِّكۡرَ
al-dhik'ra
the Message
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaquluna
and they say
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed he
لَمَجۡنُونٞ
lamajnunun
(is) surely mad
٥١

The disbelievers almost strike you down with their looks when they hear the Quran. They say, ‘He must be mad!’

Translation 1260

68:52
وَمَا
wama
And not
هُوَ
huwa
it (is)
إِلَّا
illa
but
ذِكۡرٞ
dhik'run
a Reminder
لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
lil'alamina
to the worlds
٥٢

but truly it is nothing other than a Reminder for all peoples

Translation 1260

69:1
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
al-haqatu
The Inevitable Reality
١

The Inevitable Hour

Translation 1260

69:2
مَا
ma
What
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
al-haqatu
(is) the Inevitable Reality
٢

What is the Inevitable Hour

Translation 1260

69:3
وَمَآ
wama
And what
أَدۡرَىٰكَ
adraka
will make you know
مَا
ma
what
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
al-haqatu
(is) the Inevitable Reality
٣

What will explain to you what the Inevitable Hour is

Translation 1260

69:4
كَذَّبَتۡ
kadhabat
Denied
ثَمُودُ
thamudu
Thamud
وَعَادُۢ
wa'adun
and Aad
بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ
bil-qari'ati
the Striking Calamity
٤

The people of Thamud and 'Ad denied that the crashing blowwould come

Translation 1260

69:5
فَأَمَّا
fa-amma
So as for
ثَمُودُ
thamudu
Thamud
فَأُهۡلِكُواْ
fa-uh'liku
they were destroyed
بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
bil-taghiyati
by the overpowering (blast)
٥

Thamud was destroyed by a deafening blast

Translation 1260

69:6
وَأَمَّا
wa-amma
And as for
عَادٞ
adun
Aad
فَأُهۡلِكُواْ
fa-uh'liku
they were destroyed
بِرِيحٖ
birihin
by a wind
صَرۡصَرٍ
sarsarin
screaming
عَاتِيَةٖ
atiyatin
violent
٦

Ad was destroyed by a furious wind

Translation 1260

69:7
سَخَّرَهَا
sakharaha
Which He imposed
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
alayhim
upon them
سَبۡعَ
sab'a
(for) seven
لَيَالٖ
layalin
nights
وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ
wathamaniyata
and eight
أَيَّامٍ
ayyamin
days
حُسُومٗاۖ
husuman
(in) succession
فَتَرَى
fatara
so you would see
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
al-qawma
the people
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
صَرۡعَىٰ
sar'a
fallen
كَأَنَّهُمۡ
ka-annahum
as if they were
أَعۡجَازُ
a'jazu
trunks
نَخۡلٍ
nakhlin
(of) date-palms
خَاوِيَةٖ
khawiyatin
hollow
٧

that God let loose against them for seven consecutive nights, eight consecutive days, so that you could have seen its people lying dead like hollow palm-trunks

Translation 1260

69:8
فَهَلۡ
fahal
Then do
تَرَىٰ
tara
you see
لَهُم
lahum
of them
مِّنۢ
min
any
بَاقِيَةٖ
baqiyatin
remains
٨

Can you see any trace of them now

Translation 1260