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