Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
Alhaqqatu
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
The Sure Reality!
What is the sure calamity!
Ma alhaqqatu
ما الحاقة
What is the Sure Reality?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
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.
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
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.
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
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?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
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.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
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,
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
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.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
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,
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
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,
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
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,
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
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.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
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.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
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:
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
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.
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فهو في عيشة راضية
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Qutoofuha daniyatun
قطوفها دانية
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
"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:
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
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:
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My authority is gone away from me.
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power has perished from me!"...
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
خذوه فغلوه
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
ثم الجحيم صلوه
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Nor any food except refuse,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I do call to witness what ye see,
And that which you do not see.
Wama la tubsiroona
وما لا تبصرون
And what ye see not,
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إنه لقول رسول كريم
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;
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
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.
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
تنزيل من رب العالمين
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And most surely it is the true certainty
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
وإنه لحق اليقين
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.