Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
The sure calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the sure calamity!
What is the Reality ?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
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
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 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
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
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
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
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 the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
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
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Then he will be in blissful state
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty garden,
In a high garden
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
(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
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 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
And I had not known what my account was:
And knew not what my reckoning!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Oh, would that it had been death!
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My wealth has availed me nothing:
My wealth hath not availed me,
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
My authority is gone away from me.
My power hath gone from me.
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then cast him into the burning fire,
And then expose him to hell - fire
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except refuse,
Nor any food save filth
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
Which none but sinners eat.
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
Wama la tubsiroona
And that which you do not see.
And all that ye see not
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
And then severed his life - artery,
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And most surely it is the true certainty
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.