Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
The Inevitable Reality -
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable?
ما الحاقة
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
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.
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Do you see any remnants of them?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Then do you see of them any remains?
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)]
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he will be in a pleasant life -
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty Paradise,
في جنة عالية
In an elevated garden,
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
قطوفها دانية
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
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
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And had not known what is my account.
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"My wealth has not availed me;
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth has not availed me.
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
هلك عني سلطانيه
Gone from me is my authority."
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
خذوه فغلوه
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
So no friend has he here this Day,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
None will eat it except the sinners.
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I swear by what you see
Wama la tubsiroona
And by whatsoever you see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And what you do not see
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].
إنه لقول رسول كريم
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
تنزيل من رب العالمين
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We would have seized him by the right hand;
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.