Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
Alhaqqatu
What is the Reality ?
ما الحاقة
Ma alhaqqatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
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.
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Then he will be in blissful state
فهو في عيشة راضية
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
In a high garden
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
قطوفها دانية
Qutoofuha daniyatun
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
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
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
And knew not what my reckoning!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
Oh, would that it had been death!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
My wealth hath not availed me,
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My power hath gone from me.
هلك عني سلطانيه
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
خذوه فغلوه
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
And then expose him to hell - fire
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Nor any food save filth
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Which none but sinners eat.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
And all that ye see not
وما لا تبصرون
Wama la tubsiroona
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
لأخذنا منه باليمين
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
And then severed his life - artery,
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And lo! it is absolute truth.
وإنه لحق اليقين
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi