Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The Inevitable Reality -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
What is the Reality ?
What is the Inevitable Reality?
ما الحاقة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality 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 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
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 '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 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 ?
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 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 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
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 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 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 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, the Resurrection will occur,
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
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 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, 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!
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.
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 will be in a pleasant life -
فهو في عيشة راضية
In a high garden
In an elevated garden,
في جنة عالية
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
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.
[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 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 had not known what is my account.
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
Oh, would that it had been 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.
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My power hath gone from me.
Gone from me is my authority."
هلك عني سلطانيه
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
خذوه فغلوه
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
And then insert him in 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,
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.
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Therefor hath he no lover 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 from the discharge of wounds;
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Which none but sinners eat.
None will eat it except the sinners.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
So I swear by what you see
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
And all that ye see not
And what you do not see
وما لا تبصرون
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
[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!
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 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.
[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 Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We would have seized him by the right hand;
لأخذنا منه باليمين
And then severed his life - artery,
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 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 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 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 will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And lo! it is absolute truth.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم