الـحاقّـة

1 The sure calamity!

1 The Inevitable Reality -

1 Alhaqqatu

2 What is the sure calamity!

2 What is the Inevitable Reality?

2 Ma alhaqqatu

3 And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!

3 And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

4 Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.

4 Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

5 Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.

5 So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

6 And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.

6 And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

7 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.

7 Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

7 Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun

8 Do you then see of them one remaining?

8 Then do you see of them any remains?

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

9 And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.

9 And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

10 And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

11 Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,

11 Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

12 So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.

12 That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

13 And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,

13 Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

14 And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.

14 And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

15 On that day shall the great event come to pass,

15 Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

16 And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,

16 And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

17 And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.

17 And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

18 On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.

18 That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

19 Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:

19 So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

20 Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.

20 Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

21 So he shall be in a life of pleasure,

21 So he will be in a pleasant life -

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

22 In a lofty garden,

22 In an elevated garden,

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

23 The fruits of which are near at hand:

23 Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

24 Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.

24 [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

25 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:

25 But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

25 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

26 And I had not known what my account was:

26 And had not known what is my account.

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

27 O would that it had made an end (of me):

27 I wish my death had been the decisive one.

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

28 My wealth has availed me nothing:

28 My wealth has not availed me.

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

29 My authority is gone away from me.

29 Gone from me is my authority."

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

30 Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,

30 [Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

31 Then cast him into the burning fire,

31 Then into Hellfire drive him.

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

32 Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.

32 Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

33 Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,

33 Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

34 Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.

34 Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

35 Therefore he has not here today a true friend,

35 So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

36 Nor any food except refuse,

36 Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

37 Which none but the wrongdoers eat.

37 None will eat it except the sinners.

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

38 But nay! I swear by that which you see,

38 So I swear by what you see

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

39 And that which you do not see.

39 And what you do not see

39 Wama la tubsiroona

40 Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,

40 [That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

41 And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;

41 And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

42 Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.

42 Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

43 [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

43 Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

44 And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,

44 And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

45 We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,

45 We would have seized him by the right hand;

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

46 Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.

46 Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

47 And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.

47 And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

48 And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).

48 And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

49 And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.

49 And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

50 And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.

50 And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

51 And most surely it is the true certainty

51 And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

52 Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.

52 So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi