Surah Al-Qalam, Ayah 52 (68:52)
وَمَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ ٥٢
English translation (Pickthall)
When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.
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لَوۡلَاۤ اَنۡ تَدٰرَكَهٗ نِعۡمَةٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّهٖ لَنُبِذَ بِالۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُوۡمٌ ٤٩
68:49Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
فَاجۡتَبٰهُ رَبُّهٗ فَجَعَلَهٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيۡنَ ٥٠
68:50But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
وَاِنۡ يَّكَادُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا لَيُزۡلِقُوۡنَكَ بِاَبۡصَارِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ اِنَّهٗ لَمَجۡنُوۡنٌۘ ٥١
68:51And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;
وَمَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ ٥٢
68:52When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.
اَلۡحَـآقَّةُۙ ١
69:1The Reality!
مَا الۡحَـآقَّةُۚ ٢
69:2What is the Reality?
وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡحَــآقَّةُؕ ٣
69:3Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ وَعَادٌۢ بِالۡقَارِعَةِ ٤
69:4(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
فَاَمَّا ثَمُوۡدُ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ ٥
69:5As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِرِيۡحٍ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ ٦
69:6And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوۡمًاۙ فَتَرَى الۡقَوۡمَ فِيۡهَا صَرۡعٰىۙ كَاَنَّهُمۡ اَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۚ ٧
69:7Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees.
فَهَلۡ تَرٰى لَهُمۡ مِّنۡۢ بَاقِيَةٍ ٨
69:8Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?
وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَنۡ قَبۡلَهٗ وَالۡمُؤۡتَفِكٰتُ بِالۡخَـاطِئَةِۚ ٩
69:9And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
فَعَصَوۡا رَسُوۡلَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَاَخَذَهُمۡ اَخۡذَةً رَّابِيَةً ١٠
69:10And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنٰكُمۡ فِى الۡجَارِيَةِۙ ١١
69:11Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَـكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةً وَّتَعِيَهَاۤ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِيَةٌ ١٢
69:12That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
