Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
The Inevitable Reality -
Alhaqqatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the sure calamity!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Reality ?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
(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.
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
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.
Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
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?
Then do you see of them any remains?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
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.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
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,
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
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.
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
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,
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
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,
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
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.
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
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.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
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:
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
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.
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
So he will be in a pleasant life -
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
Then he will be in blissful state
In a lofty garden,
In an elevated garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high garden
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
(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:
But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
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:
And had not known what is my account.
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
And knew not what my reckoning!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
Oh, would that it had been death!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
My wealth has not availed me.
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My wealth hath not availed me,
My authority is gone away from me.
Gone from me is my authority."
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
My power hath gone from me.
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Nor any food except refuse,
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food save filth
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
None will eat it except the sinners.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
Which none but sinners eat.
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
So I swear by what you see
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And that which you do not see.
And what you do not see
Wama la tubsiroona
And all that ye see not
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
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;
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
We would have seized him by the right hand;
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And then severed his life - artery,
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
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).
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And most surely it is the true certainty
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.