Shakir
The sure calamity!
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
Al Haqqa
Chapter 69, 52 verses
Shakir
What is the sure calamity!
Pickthall
What is the Reality ?
Shakir
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Shakir
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Pickthall
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Shakir
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
Pickthall
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Shakir
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
Pickthall
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
Shakir
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.
Pickthall
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.
Shakir
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Pickthall
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Shakir
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
Pickthall
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
Shakir
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
Pickthall
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
Shakir
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
Pickthall
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Shakir
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
Pickthall
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
Shakir
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
Pickthall
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Shakir
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
Pickthall
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Shakir
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Pickthall
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Shakir
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
Pickthall
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
Shakir
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
Pickthall
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
Shakir
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
Pickthall
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
Shakir
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
Pickthall
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Shakir
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Pickthall
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Shakir
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Pickthall
Then he will be in blissful state
Shakir
In a lofty garden,
Pickthall
In a high garden
Shakir
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Pickthall
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Shakir
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
Pickthall
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Shakir
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:
Pickthall
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
Shakir
And I had not known what my account was:
Pickthall
And knew not what my reckoning!
Shakir
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Pickthall
Oh, would that it had been death!
Shakir
My wealth has availed me nothing:
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My wealth hath not availed me,
Shakir
My authority is gone away from me.
Pickthall
My power hath gone from me.
Shakir
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Pickthall
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Shakir
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Pickthall
And then expose him to hell - fire
Shakir
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Pickthall
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Shakir
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Pickthall
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Shakir
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Pickthall
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Shakir
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Pickthall
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Shakir
Nor any food except refuse,
Pickthall
Nor any food save filth
Shakir
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
Pickthall
Which none but sinners eat.
Shakir
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
Pickthall
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
Shakir
And that which you do not see.
Pickthall
And all that ye see not
Shakir
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
Pickthall
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Shakir
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
Pickthall
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Shakir
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Pickthall
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Shakir
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Pickthall
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Shakir
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
Pickthall
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
Shakir
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
Pickthall
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Shakir
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Pickthall
And then severed his life - artery,
Shakir
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
Pickthall
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Shakir
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
Pickthall
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
Shakir
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
Pickthall
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
Shakir
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
Pickthall
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
Shakir
And most surely it is the true certainty
Pickthall
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Shakir
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
Pickthall
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.