الـحاقّـة

1 The Sure Reality!

1 The sure calamity!

1 Alhaqqatu

2 What is the Sure Reality?

2 What is the sure calamity!

2 Ma alhaqqatu

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

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

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

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

4 Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

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

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

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

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

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

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 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 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 Do you then see of them one remaining?

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

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

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

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 Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.

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

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

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

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

13 And when the trumpet is blown with a single 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 and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

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

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

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

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

16 And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall 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 shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.

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 you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain 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 book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! 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 shall meet my account.

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

21 And he will be in a life of Bliss,

21 So he shall be in a life of pleasure,

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

22 In a Garden on high,

22 In a lofty garden,

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

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

23 The fruits of which are near at hand:

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

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 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 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

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

26 And I had not known what my account was:

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

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

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

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

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

28 My wealth has availed me nothing:

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

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

29 My authority is gone away from me.

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

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

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

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

31 "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

31 Then cast him into the burning fire,

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

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

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

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

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

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

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

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

34 Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

35 "So no friend hath he here this Day.

35 Therefore he has not here today a true friend,

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

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

36 Nor any food except refuse,

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

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

37 Which none but the wrongdoers eat.

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

38 So I do call to witness what ye see,

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

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

39 And what ye see not,

39 And that which you do not see.

39 Wama la tubsiroona

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

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

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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

41 And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you 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 the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.

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 fabricated against Us some of the sayings,

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

45 We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

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

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

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

46 Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

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

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

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

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

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

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

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

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

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

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

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

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

51 But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

51 And most surely it is the true certainty

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

52 So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

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

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi