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