الـحاقّـة

1 The Sure Reality!

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

1 Alhaqqatu

2 What is the Sure Reality?

2 What is the Reality ?

2 Ma alhaqqatu

3 And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?

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

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

4 The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!

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

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

5 But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!

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

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

6 And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;

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

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

7 He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm - trees tumbled down!

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.

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

8 Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

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

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

9 And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

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

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

10 And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.

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

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

11 We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),

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

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

12 That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.

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

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

13 Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

14 And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -

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

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

15 On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.

15 Then, on that day will the Event befall.

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

16 And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

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

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

17 And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.

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

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

18 That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.

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

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

19 Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!

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

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

20 "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"

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

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

21 And he will be in a life of Bliss,

21 Then he will be in blissful state

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

22 In a Garden on high,

22 In a high garden

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

23 The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.

23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

24 "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"

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.

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

25 And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!

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

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

26 "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!

26 And knew not what my reckoning!

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

27 "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!

27 Oh, would that it had been death!

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

28 "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!

28 My wealth hath not availed me,

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

29 "My power has perished from me!"...

29 My power hath gone from me.

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

30 (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,

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

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

31 "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

31 And then expose him to hell - fire

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

32 "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

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

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

33 "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.

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

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

34 "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!

34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

35 "So no friend hath he here this Day.

35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

36 "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,

36 Nor any food save filth

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

37 "Which none do eat but those in sin."

37 Which none but sinners eat.

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

38 So I do call to witness what ye see,

38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

39 And what ye see not,

39 And all that ye see not

39 Wama la tubsiroona

40 That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;

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

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

41 It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!

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

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

42 Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.

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

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

43 (This is) a Message sent down 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 the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

45 We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

46 And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:

46 And then severed his life - artery,

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

47 Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).

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

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

48 But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.

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

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

49 And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).

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

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

50 But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.

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

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

51 But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

51 And lo! it is absolute truth.

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

52 So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi