Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
Alhaqqatu
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the sure calamity!
Ma alhaqqatu
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the Reality ?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
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.
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
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
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you 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
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Then he will be in blissful state
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In a high garden
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Qutoofuha daniyatun
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
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
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ
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
And I had not known what my account was:
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
And knew not what my reckoning!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
Oh, would that it had been death!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ
My wealth hath not availed me,
My authority is gone away from me.
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
My power hath gone from me.
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Nor any food except refuse,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Nor any food save filth
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
Which none but sinners eat.
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And that which you do not see.
Wama la tubsiroona
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And all that ye see not
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
And then severed his life - artery,
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And most surely it is the true certainty
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.