Al Haqqa

1 Alhaqqatu

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!

2 Ma alhaqqatu

2 What is the Inevitable?

2 What is the Reality ?

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

3 And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

4 Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!

4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!

5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

6 And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!

6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

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

7 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!

7 Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm - trees.

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

8 Do you see any remnants of them?

8 Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

9 And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.

9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

10 And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

11 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)]

11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

12 That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.

12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

13 Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).

13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

14 And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.

14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

15 Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.

15 Then, on that day will the Event befall.

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

16 And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.

16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

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

17 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

18 That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.

18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

19 Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!

19 Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

20 "Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"

20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

21 So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.

21 Then he will be in blissful state

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

22 In a lofty Paradise,

22 In a high garden

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

23 The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.

23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

24 Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!

24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

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

25 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!

25 But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

26 "And that I had never known how my Account is!

26 And knew not what my reckoning!

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

27 "Would that it had been my end (death)!

27 Oh, would that it had been death!

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

28 "My wealth has not availed me;

28 My wealth hath not availed me,

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

29 "My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"

29 My power hath gone from me.

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

30 (It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;

30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

31 Then throw him in the blazing Fire.

31 And then expose him to hell - fire

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

32 "Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"

32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

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

33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

34 And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).

34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

35 So no friend has he here this Day,

35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

36 Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.

36 Nor any food save filth

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

37 None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).

37 Which none but sinners eat.

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

38 So I swear by whatsoever you see,

38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see

39 Wama la tubsiroona

39 And by whatsoever you see not,

39 And all that ye see not

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

40 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].

40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

41 It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!

41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

42 Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!

42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

43 Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

43 This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

44 And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),

44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

45 We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),

45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

46 And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),

46 And then severed his life - artery,

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

47 And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.

47 And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

48 And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).

48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

49 And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)

49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

50 And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).

50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

51 And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.

51 And lo! it is absolute truth.

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

52 So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.

52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.