Chapter 69, 52 verses
The sure calamity!
The Sure Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
What is the sure calamity!
What is the Sure Reality?
ما الحاقة
What is the Inevitable?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent 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.
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!
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
Which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Do you see any remnants of them?
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)]
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
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.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
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 will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, 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:
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
In a lofty garden,
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
In a lofty Paradise,
The fruits of which are near at hand:
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قطوفها دانية
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
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:
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!
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
And I had not known what my account was:
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"My wealth has not availed me;
My authority is gone away from me.
"My power has perished from me!"...
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
Then cast him into the burning fire,
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
So no friend has he here this Day,
Nor any food except refuse,
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
And that which you do not see.
And what ye see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And by whatsoever you see not,
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
And most surely it is the true certainty
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.