Chapter 69, 52 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
ما الحاقة
What is the Reality ?
What is the Inevitable?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
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 Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Do you see any remnants of them?
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
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 their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)]
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.
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
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 shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
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 will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be 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 will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
فهو في عيشة راضية
Then he will be in blissful state
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
في جنة عالية
In a high garden
In a lofty Paradise,
قطوفها دانية
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and 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 at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
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
But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And knew not what my reckoning!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Oh, would that it had been death!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth hath not availed me,
"My wealth has not availed me;
هلك عني سلطانيه
My power hath gone from me.
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
ثم الجحيم صلوه
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
So no friend has he here this Day,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food save filth
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but sinners eat.
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
وما لا تبصرون
And all that ye see not
And by whatsoever you see not,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
تنزيل من رب العالمين
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then severed his life - artery,
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
وإنه لحق اليقين
And lo! it is absolute truth.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.