الـحاقّـة

1 The Sure Reality!

1 The Inevitable Reality -

1 Alhaqqatu

2 What is the Sure Reality?

2 What is the Inevitable Reality?

2 Ma alhaqqatu

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

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

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

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

4 Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

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

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

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

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

6 And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent 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 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 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 Then do you see of them any remains?

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

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

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

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, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

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 Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing 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 for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

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

13 Then when the Horn is blown with 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 and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

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

15 Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

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 [open], for that Day it is infirm.

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 are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of 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 That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.

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

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

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

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

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

21 And he will be in a life of Bliss,

21 So he will be in a pleasant life -

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

22 In a Garden on high,

22 In an elevated garden,

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

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

23 Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

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

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 he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

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 had not known what is my account.

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

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

27 I wish my death had been the decisive one.

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

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

28 My wealth has not availed me.

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

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

29 Gone from me is my authority."

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

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

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

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

31 "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

31 Then into Hellfire drive him.

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

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

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

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

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

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

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

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

34 Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

35 "So no friend hath he here this Day.

35 So there is not for him here this Day any devoted 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 from the discharge of wounds;

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

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

37 None will eat it except the sinners.

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

38 So I do call to witness what ye see,

38 So I swear by what you see

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

39 And what ye see not,

39 And what you do not see

39 Wama la tubsiroona

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

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

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 do 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 do you 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 Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

45 We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

45 We would 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 have cut from him the aorta.

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

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

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

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

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

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

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

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

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

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

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

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

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

51 But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

51 And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

52 So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

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

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi