Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
Ma alhaqqatu
ما الحاقة
What is the Reality ?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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
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.
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فهو في عيشة راضية
Then he will be in blissful state
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In a high garden
Qutoofuha daniyatun
قطوفها دانية
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
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
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And knew not what my reckoning!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Oh, would that it had been death!
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth hath not availed me,
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
هلك عني سلطانيه
My power hath gone from me.
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
ثم الجحيم صلوه
And then expose him to hell - fire
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food save filth
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but sinners eat.
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
Wama la tubsiroona
وما لا تبصرون
And all that ye see not
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
تنزيل من رب العالمين
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then severed his life - artery,
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
وإنه لحق اليقين
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.