The Quran

The Inevitable Hour

What is the Inevitable Hour

And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is

˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster

As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast

And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind

which Allah unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees

Do you see any of them left alive

Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin

each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip

Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺

so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it

At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast

and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow

on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass

The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail

with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them

You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden

As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record

I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”

They will be in a life of bliss

in an elevated Garden

whose fruit will hang within reach

˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”

And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record

nor known anything of my reckoning

I wish death was the end

My wealth has not benefited me

My authority has been stripped from me.”

˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them

then burn them in Hell

then tie them up with chains seventy arms long

For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest

nor encouraged the feeding of the poor

So this Day they will have no close friend here

nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus

which none will eat except the evildoers.”

Now, I do swear by whatever you see

and whatever you cannot see

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger

It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith

Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful

˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds

Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name

We would have certainly seized him by his right hand

then severed his aorta

and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺

And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial

and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers

And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth

So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest