Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
Alhaqqatu
The Sure Reality!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the sure calamity!
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the Reality ?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
(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
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
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
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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
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!
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
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
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
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
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
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
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
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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
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.
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
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
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
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
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
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
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
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
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
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
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
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
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
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
Then he will be in blissful state
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a Garden on high,
In a high garden
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
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
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
(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
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!
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
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
And knew not what my reckoning!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
Oh, would that it had been death!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My wealth hath not availed me,
My authority is gone away from me.
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power has perished from me!"...
My power hath gone from me.
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
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
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
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
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Nor any food except refuse,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food save filth
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
Which none but sinners eat.
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I do call to witness what ye see,
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And that which you do not see.
Wama la tubsiroona
And what ye see not,
And all that ye see not
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
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
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
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
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
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
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And then severed his life - artery,
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
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
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
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
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
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
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And most surely it is the true certainty
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.