بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
Alhaqqatu
The sure calamity!
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)!
Alhaqqatu
The sure calamity!
ما الحاقة
What is the Inevitable?
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the sure calamity!
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
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 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!
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
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
Do you see any remnants of them?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Do you then see of them one remaining?
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.
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
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)]
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
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.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And when the trumpet is blown with a single 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.
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
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 its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
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
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
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 will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
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 did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
في جنة عالية
In a lofty Paradise,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty garden,
قطوفها دانية
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The fruits of which are near at hand:
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!
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
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 will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
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 that I had never known how my Account is!
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
And I had not known what my account was:
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
O would that it had made an end (of me):
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"My wealth has not availed me;
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My wealth has availed me nothing:
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
My authority is gone away from me.
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
So no friend has he here this Day,
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except refuse,
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
وما لا تبصرون
And by whatsoever you see not,
Wama la tubsiroona
And that which you do not see.
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].
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
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),
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And most surely it is the true certainty
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.