Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The Sure Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
The sure calamity!
What is the Reality ?
What is the Sure Reality?
ما الحاقة
What is the sure calamity!
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
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.
He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm - trees tumbled down!
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Do you then see of them one remaining?
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
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 will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Then he will be in blissful state
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
In a high garden
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
In a lofty garden,
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قطوفها دانية
The fruits of which are 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.
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
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
And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:
And knew not what my reckoning!
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And I had not known what my account was:
Oh, would that it had been death!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
O would that it had made an end (of me):
My wealth hath not availed me,
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth has availed me nothing:
My power hath gone from me.
"My power has perished from me!"...
هلك عني سلطانيه
My authority is gone away from me.
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خذوه فغلوه
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
And then expose him to hell - fire
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then cast him into the burning fire,
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Nor any food save filth
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except refuse,
Which none but sinners eat.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
And all that ye see not
And what ye see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And that which you do not see.
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
And then severed his life - artery,
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And lo! it is absolute truth.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And most surely it is the true certainty
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.