Chapter 69, 52 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The sure calamity!
ما الحاقة
What is the Reality ?
What is the sure calamity!
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
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.
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Do you then see of them one remaining?
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
فهو في عيشة راضية
Then he will be in blissful state
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
في جنة عالية
In a high garden
In a lofty garden,
قطوفها دانية
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The fruits of which are near at hand:
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And knew not what my reckoning!
And I had not known what my account was:
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Oh, would that it had been death!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth hath not availed me,
My wealth has availed me nothing:
هلك عني سلطانيه
My power hath gone from me.
My authority is gone away from me.
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
ثم الجحيم صلوه
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food save filth
Nor any food except refuse,
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but sinners eat.
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
وما لا تبصرون
And all that ye see not
And that which you do not see.
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then severed his life - artery,
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And lo! it is absolute truth.
And most surely it is the true certainty
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.