Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable?
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
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!
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Do you see any remnants of them?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
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.
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
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)]
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
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.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
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.
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
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!
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty Paradise,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
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!
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
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!
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"My wealth has not availed me;
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
So no friend has he here this Day,
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wama la tubsiroona
And by whatsoever you see not,
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
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].
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ