Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
Alhaqqatu
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
What is the Reality ?
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious 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.
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Do you see any remnants of them?
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)]
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Then he will be in blissful state
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
In a high garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty Paradise,
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in 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
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
And knew not what my reckoning!
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
Oh, would that it had been death!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
My wealth hath not availed me,
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"My wealth has not availed me;
My power hath gone from me.
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
And then expose him to hell - fire
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
So no friend has he here this Day,
Nor any food save filth
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Which none but sinners eat.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
And all that ye see not
Wama la tubsiroona
And by whatsoever you see not,
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
And then severed his life - artery,
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.