Al Haqqa

1 Alhaqqatu

1 The Inevitable Reality -

2 Ma alhaqqatu

2 What is the Inevitable Reality?

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

3 And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

4 Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

5 So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

6 And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

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

7 Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

8 Then do you see of them any remains?

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

9 And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

11 Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

12 That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

13 Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

14 And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

15 Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

16 And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

17 And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

18 That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

19 So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

20 Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

21 So he will be in a pleasant life -

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

22 In an elevated garden,

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

23 Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

24 [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."

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

25 But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

26 And had not known what is my account.

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

27 I wish my death had been the decisive one.

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

28 My wealth has not availed me.

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

29 Gone from me is my authority."

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

30 [Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

31 Then into Hellfire drive him.

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

32 Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

33 Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

34 Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

35 So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

36 Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

37 None will eat it except the sinners.

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

38 So I swear by what you see

39 Wama la tubsiroona

39 And what you do not see

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

40 [That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

41 And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

42 Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you 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 Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

45 We would have seized him by the right hand;

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

46 Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

47 And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

48 And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

49 And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

50 And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

51 And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

52 So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.