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 Sure Reality!
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable?
ما الحاقة
What is the Sure Reality?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
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 the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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
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!
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Do you see any remnants of them?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
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 Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual 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 disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
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
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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 a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
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 one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
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 is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
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 sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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 will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above 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 shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
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
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
فهو في عيشة راضية
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty Paradise,
في جنة عالية
In a Garden on high,
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
قطوفها دانية
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and 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
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
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
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!
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"My wealth has not availed me;
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power has perished from me!"...
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
خذوه فغلوه
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
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
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
So no friend has he here this Day,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I do call to witness what ye see,
Wama la tubsiroona
And by whatsoever you see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And what ye see not,
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 this is verily the word of an honoured 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
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye 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 is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
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
(This is) a Message sent down 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 the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
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 We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
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
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.