Al Haqqa

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!

1 The Inevitable Reality -

2 What is the Reality ?

2 What is the Inevitable Reality?

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

3 And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

4 Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

5 So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

6 And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

7 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.

7 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.

8 Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?

8 Then do you see of them any remains?

9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

9 And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

11 Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

12 That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

13 Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

14 And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -

15 Then, on that day will the Event befall.

15 Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

16 And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

17 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

17 And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

18 That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.

19 Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!

19 So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!

20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

20 Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

21 Then he will be in blissful state

21 So he will be in a pleasant life -

22 In a high garden

22 In an elevated garden,

23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

23 Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

24 [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."

25 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

25 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

26 And knew not what my reckoning!

26 And had not known what is my account.

27 Oh, would that it had been death!

27 I wish my death had been the decisive one.

28 My wealth hath not availed me,

28 My wealth has not availed me.

29 My power hath gone from me.

29 Gone from me is my authority."

30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

30 [Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

31 And then expose him to hell - fire

31 Then into Hellfire drive him.

32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

32 Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

33 Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,

34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

34 Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

35 So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

36 Nor any food save filth

36 Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

37 Which none but sinners eat.

37 None will eat it except the sinners.

38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see

38 So I swear by what you see

39 And all that ye see not

39 And what you do not see

40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

40 [That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.

41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

41 And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.

42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

42 Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

43 [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

44 And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

45 We would have seized him by the right hand;

46 And then severed his life - artery,

46 Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

47 And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

47 And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

48 And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.

49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

49 And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

50 And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

51 And lo! it is absolute truth.

51 And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.

52 So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.