Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
The Sure Reality!
What is the Reality ?
ما الحاقة
What is the Sure 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?
(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!
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!
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;
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!
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
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 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.
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),
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.
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
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, -
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
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 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.
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.
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!
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!"
Then he will be in blissful state
فهو في عيشة راضية
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
In a high garden
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
قطوفها دانية
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and 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!"
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!
And knew not what my reckoning!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
Oh, would that it had been death!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
My wealth hath not availed me,
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My power hath gone from me.
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power has perished from me!"...
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
خذوه فغلوه
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
And then expose him to hell - fire
ثم الجحيم صلوه
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
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!
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.
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Nor any food save filth
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Which none but sinners eat.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I do call to witness what ye see,
And all that ye see not
وما لا تبصرون
And what ye see not,
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That this is verily the word of an honoured 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!
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.
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.
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,
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
And then severed his life - artery,
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
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 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 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 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 lo! it is absolute truth.
وإنه لحق اليقين
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.