The Inevitable Hour!

The Inevitable Hour!

What is the Inevitable Hour?

What is the Inevitable Hour?

And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?

And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?

˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.1

˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.1

As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.

As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.

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

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.

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?

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,

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.

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

Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you1 in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,

Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you1 in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,

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

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,

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,

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.

on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.”

I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”

They will be in a life of bliss,

They will be in a life of bliss,

in an elevated Garden,

in an elevated Garden,

whose fruit will hang within reach.

whose fruit will hang within reach.

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

˹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,

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!

nor known anything of my reckoning!

I wish death was the end!

I wish death was the end!

My wealth has not benefited me!

My wealth has not benefited me!

My authority has been stripped from me.”

My authority has been stripped from me.”

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

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