Al Haqqa

1 Alhaqqatu

1 The Sure Reality!

2 Ma alhaqqatu

2 What is the Sure Reality?

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

3 And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

4 The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

5 But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

6 And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;

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

7 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!

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

8 Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

9 And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

10 And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

11 We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

12 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.

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

13 Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

14 And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

15 On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

16 And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

17 And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

18 That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

19 Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

20 "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

21 And he will be in a life of Bliss,

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

22 In a Garden on high,

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

23 The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

24 "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"

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

25 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!

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

26 "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

27 "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

28 "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

29 "My power has perished from me!"...

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

30 (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

31 "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

32 "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

33 "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

34 "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

35 "So no friend hath he here this Day.

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

36 "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

37 "Which none do eat but those in sin."

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

38 So I do call to witness what ye see,

39 Wama la tubsiroona

39 And what ye see not,

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

40 That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

41 It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

42 Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.

43 Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

43 (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

44 And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

45 We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

46 And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

47 Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

48 But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

49 And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

50 But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

51 But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

52 So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.