Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The sure calamity!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the Reality ?
What is the sure calamity!
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
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.
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.
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Do you then see of them one remaining?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Then he will be in blissful state
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
In a high garden
In a lofty garden,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The fruits of which are near at hand:
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
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
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:
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ
And knew not what my reckoning!
And I had not known what my account was:
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Oh, would that it had been death!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
My wealth hath not availed me,
My wealth has availed me nothing:
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ
My power hath gone from me.
My authority is gone away from me.
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Nor any food save filth
Nor any food except refuse,
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Which none but sinners eat.
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And all that ye see not
And that which you do not see.
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
And then severed his life - artery,
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
And lo! it is absolute truth.
And most surely it is the true certainty
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ