Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
Alhaqqatu
What is the sure calamity!
What is the Reality ?
Ma alhaqqatu
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
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.
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.
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Then he will be in blissful state
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
In a lofty garden,
In a high garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
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:
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
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
And I had not known what my account was:
And knew not what my reckoning!
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Oh, would that it had been death!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
My wealth has availed me nothing:
My wealth hath not availed me,
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My authority is gone away from me.
My power hath gone from me.
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
Then cast him into the burning fire,
And then expose him to hell - fire
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Nor any food except refuse,
Nor any food save filth
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
Which none but sinners eat.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
And that which you do not see.
And all that ye see not
Wama la tubsiroona
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
And then severed his life - artery,
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And most surely it is the true certainty
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi