Al Haqqa

1 Alhaqqatu

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!

2 Ma alhaqqatu

2 What is the Reality ?

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

7 Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun

7 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.

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

8 Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

15 Then, on that day will the Event befall.

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

17 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

19 Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

21 Then he will be in blissful state

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

22 In a high garden

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

25 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

25 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

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

26 And knew not what my reckoning!

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

27 Oh, would that it had been death!

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

28 My wealth hath not availed me,

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

29 My power hath gone from me.

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

31 And then expose him to hell - fire

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

36 Nor any food save filth

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

37 Which none but sinners eat.

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see

39 Wama la tubsiroona

39 And all that ye see not

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

43 Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

46 And then severed his life - artery,

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

47 And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

51 And lo! it is absolute truth.

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.