Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
What is the sure calamity!
ما الحاقة
What is the Inevitable?
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
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 Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Do you then see of them one remaining?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Do you see any remnants of them?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
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 their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)]
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
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 (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
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 its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
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 will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
In a lofty Paradise,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
The fruits of which are near at hand:
قطوفها دانية
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
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 will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
And I had not known what my account was:
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
O would that it had made an end (of me):
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
My wealth has availed me nothing:
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"My wealth has not availed me;
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
My authority is gone away from me.
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
So no friend has he here this Day,
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Nor any food except refuse,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And that which you do not see.
وما لا تبصرون
And by whatsoever you see not,
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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 the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And most surely it is the true certainty
وإنه لحق اليقين
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ