Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
What is the sure calamity!
What is the Reality ?
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
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,
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.
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.
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
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,
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
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.
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
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.
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
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,
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
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.
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.
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, 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.
On that day ye will be exposed; 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:
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Then he will be in blissful state
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
In a lofty garden,
In a high garden
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
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.
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:
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
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
And I had not known what my account was:
And knew not what my reckoning!
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Oh, would that it had been death!
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
My wealth has availed me nothing:
My wealth hath not availed me,
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
My authority is gone away from me.
My power hath gone from me.
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Then cast him into the burning fire,
And then expose him to hell - fire
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
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.
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Nor any food except refuse,
Nor any food save filth
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
Which none but sinners eat.
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And that which you do not see.
And all that ye see not
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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!
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
And then severed his life - artery,
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
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).
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And most surely it is the true certainty
And lo! it is absolute truth.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ