Al Haqqa

1 The sure calamity!

1 Alhaqqatu

2 What is the sure calamity!

2 Ma alhaqqatu

3 And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

4 Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

5 Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

6 And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

7 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.

7 Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun

8 Do you then see of them one remaining?

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

9 And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

10 And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

11 Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

12 So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

13 And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

14 And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

15 On that day shall the great event come to pass,

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

16 And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

17 And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

18 On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

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

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

20 Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

21 So he shall be in a life of pleasure,

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

22 In a lofty garden,

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

23 The fruits of which are near at hand:

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

24 Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

25 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:

25 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

26 And I had not known what my account was:

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

27 O would that it had made an end (of me):

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

28 My wealth has availed me nothing:

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

29 My authority is gone away from me.

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

30 Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

31 Then cast him into the burning fire,

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

32 Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

33 Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

34 Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

35 Therefore he has not here today a true friend,

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

36 Nor any food except refuse,

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

37 Which none but the wrongdoers eat.

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

38 But nay! I swear by that which you see,

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

39 And that which you do not see.

39 Wama la tubsiroona

40 Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

42 Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

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

43 Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

44 And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

45 We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

46 Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

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

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

48 And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

49 And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

50 And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

51 And most surely it is the true certainty

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

52 Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi