Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
The sure calamity!
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the sure calamity!
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
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.
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Do you then see of them one remaining?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
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.
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
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:
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty garden,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The fruits of which are near at hand:
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
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:
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
And I had not known what my account was:
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
O would that it had made an end (of me):
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My wealth has availed me nothing:
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
My authority is gone away from me.
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except refuse,
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wama la tubsiroona
And that which you do not see.
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And most surely it is the true certainty
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ