Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the sure calamity!
ما الحاقة
What is the Reality ?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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.
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
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.
Do you then see of them one remaining?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
فهو في عيشة راضية
Then he will be in blissful state
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
In a high garden
The fruits of which are near at hand:
قطوفها دانية
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
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:
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
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 I had not known what my account was:
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And knew not what my reckoning!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Oh, would that it had been death!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth hath not availed me,
My authority is gone away from me.
هلك عني سلطانيه
My power hath gone from me.
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثم الجحيم صلوه
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Nor any food except refuse,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food save filth
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but sinners eat.
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And that which you do not see.
وما لا تبصرون
And all that ye see not
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then severed his life - artery,
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And most surely it is the true certainty
وإنه لحق اليقين
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.