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)!
The Inevitable Reality -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
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)!
The Inevitable Reality -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
What is the Reality ?
What is the Inevitable?
What is the Inevitable Reality?
ما الحاقة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
(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)!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
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!
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
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!
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.
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Do you see any remnants of them?
Then do you see of them any remains?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
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.
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
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.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
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)]
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
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.
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
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.
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
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.
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
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.
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
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.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
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!
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Then he will be in blissful state
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
So he will be in a pleasant life -
فهو في عيشة راضية
In a high garden
In a lofty Paradise,
In an elevated garden,
في جنة عالية
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
قطوفها دانية
(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!
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
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!
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
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
And knew not what my reckoning!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
And had not known what is my account.
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
Oh, would that it had been death!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
My wealth hath not availed me,
"My wealth has not availed me;
My wealth has not availed me.
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My power hath gone from me.
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
Gone from me is my authority."
هلك عني سلطانيه
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
خذوه فغلوه
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
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!"
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
So no friend has he here this Day,
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Nor any food save filth
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Which none but sinners eat.
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
None will eat it except the sinners.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
So I swear by what you see
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
And all that ye see not
And by whatsoever you see not,
And what you do not see
وما لا تبصرون
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].
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
إنه لقول رسول كريم
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!
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
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!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
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).
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
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),
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
We would have seized him by the right hand;
لأخذنا منه باليمين
And then severed his life - artery,
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
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).
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
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)
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
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).
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And lo! it is absolute truth.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم