Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
The Sure Reality!
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Reality ?
What is the Sure Reality?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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.
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!
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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.
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.
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
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!
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
Then he will be in blissful state
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high garden
In a Garden on high,
Qutoofuha daniyatun
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
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.
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
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 he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
And knew not what my reckoning!
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
Oh, would that it had been death!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My wealth hath not availed me,
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
My power hath gone from me.
"My power has perished from me!"...
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
And then expose him to hell - fire
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food save filth
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
Which none but sinners eat.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
So I do call to witness what ye see,
Wama la tubsiroona
And all that ye see not
And what ye see not,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And then severed his life - artery,
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And lo! it is absolute truth.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.