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)!
The Sure Reality!
What is the sure calamity!
ما الحاقة
What is the Inevitable?
What is the Sure Reality?
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?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
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)!
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
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!
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
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!
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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!
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!
Do you then see of them one remaining?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Do you see any remnants of them?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
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.
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
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.
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
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)]
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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.
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.
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).
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
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.
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
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.
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
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.
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide 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 will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
In a lofty Paradise,
In a Garden on high,
The fruits of which are near at hand:
قطوفها دانية
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
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!
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
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!
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 I had not known what my account was:
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"My wealth has not availed me;
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My authority is gone away from me.
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
"My power has perished from me!"...
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
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!"
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
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,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
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).
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
So no friend has he here this Day,
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Nor any food except refuse,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
So I do call to witness what ye see,
And that which you do not see.
وما لا تبصرون
And by whatsoever you see not,
And what ye see not,
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].
That this is verily the word of an honoured 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 the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
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!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
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).
(This is) a Message sent down 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 (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
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),
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
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),
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
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.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
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).
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
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)
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
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).
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And most surely it is the true certainty
وإنه لحق اليقين
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.