الـحاقّـة

1 The Inevitable Reality -

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!

2 What is the Inevitable Reality?

2 What is the Reality ?

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

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

4 Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

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

5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

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

6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

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 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.

8 Then do you see of them any remains?

8 Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?

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

9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

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

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

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

11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

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

12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

13 Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

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

14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

15 Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

15 Then, on that day will the Event befall.

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

16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

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 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

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

18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

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

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

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

20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

21 So he will be in a pleasant life -

21 Then he will be in blissful state

22 In an elevated garden,

22 In a high garden

23 Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

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

24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

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 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

26 And had not known what is my account.

26 And knew not what my reckoning!

27 I wish my death had been the decisive one.

27 Oh, would that it had been death!

28 My wealth has not availed me.

28 My wealth hath not availed me,

29 Gone from me is my authority."

29 My power hath gone from me.

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

30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

31 Then into Hellfire drive him.

31 And then expose him to hell - fire

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

32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

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

33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

34 Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

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

35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

36 Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

36 Nor any food save filth

37 None will eat it except the sinners.

37 Which none but sinners eat.

38 So I swear by what you see

38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see

39 And what you do not see

39 And all that ye see not

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

40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

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

41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

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

42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

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

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

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

44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

45 We would have seized him by the right hand;

45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

46 Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

46 And then severed his life - artery,

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

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

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

48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

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

49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

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

50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

51 And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

51 And lo! it is absolute truth.

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

52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.