فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ
(69:8) Do you now see any trace of them?
وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ
(69:9) Pharaoh and those before him and the people of the overturned habitations6
all engaged in the same great sin.
all engaged in the same great sin.
فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً
(69:10) They did not follow the Messenger of their Lord, and so He seized
them with a severe grip.
them with a severe grip.
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ
(69:11) Verily when the water rose to great heights,7 We bore
you upon a floating vessel (i.e. the Ark)8
you upon a floating vessel (i.e. the Ark)8
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ
(69:12) so that We might make it an instructive event for you, and retentive
ears might preserve its memory.9
ears might preserve its memory.9
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
(69:13) So0 when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast