Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The Sure Reality!
The sure calamity!
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
What is the Reality ?
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the sure calamity!
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
(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!
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
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;
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
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!
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.
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Do you then see of them one remaining?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
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.
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
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.
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
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),
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
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.
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
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, -
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
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,
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
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.
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
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.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
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!
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Then he will be in blissful state
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
In a high garden
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty garden,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
The fruits of which are near at hand:
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
(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!"
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
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!
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:
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
And knew not what my reckoning!
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
And I had not known what my account was:
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Oh, would that it had been death!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
My wealth hath not availed me,
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
My power hath gone from me.
"My power has perished from me!"...
My authority is gone away from me.
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
And then expose him to hell - fire
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
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!
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Nor any food save filth
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food except refuse,
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Which none but sinners eat.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
So I do call to witness what ye see,
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And all that ye see not
And what ye see not,
And that which you do not see.
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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!
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
And then severed his life - artery,
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And lo! it is absolute truth.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And most surely it is the true certainty
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ