| Abdullah Yusuf Ali's Translation |
Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall's
Translation |
| 069.001. The Sure Reality! |
069.001. The Reality! |
| 069.002. What is the Sure Reality? |
069.002. What is the Reality ? |
| 069.003. And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is? |
069.003. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is! |
| 069.004. The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity! |
069.004. (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come. |
| 069.005. But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning! |
069.005. As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning. |
| 069.006. And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent; |
069.006. And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind, |
| 069.007. He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled down! |
069.007. Which 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. |
| 069.008. Then seest thou any of them left surviving? |
069.008. Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ? |
| 069.009. And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin. |
069.009. And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error, |
| 069.010. And disobeyed (each) the apostle of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty. |
069.010. And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip. |
