Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
The Sure Reality!
The Inevitable Reality -
What is the Reality ?
ما الحاقة
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
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
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!
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.
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Then do you see of them any remains?
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
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
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.
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
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
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
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
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Then he will be in blissful state
فهو في عيشة راضية
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he will be in a pleasant life -
In a high garden
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
In an elevated garden,
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
قطوفها دانية
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
(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
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
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
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!
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
And knew not what my reckoning!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
And had not known what is my account.
Oh, would that it had been death!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
My wealth hath not availed me,
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My wealth has not availed me.
My power hath gone from me.
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power has perished from me!"...
Gone from me is my authority."
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
خذوه فغلوه
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
And then expose him to hell - fire
ثم الجحيم صلوه
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then into Hellfire drive him.
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Nor any food save filth
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Which none but sinners eat.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
None will eat it except the sinners.
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I do call to witness what ye see,
So I swear by what you see
And all that ye see not
وما لا تبصرون
And what ye see not,
And what you do not see
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We would have seized him by the right hand;
And then severed his life - artery,
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
And lo! it is absolute truth.
وإنه لحق اليقين
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.