Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
The Inevitable Reality -
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable?
What is the Inevitable Reality?
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ 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!
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.
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Do you see any remnants of them?
Then do you see of them any remains?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ 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.
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
فَعَصَوْا۟ 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)]
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
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.
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ 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.
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
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!
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
So he will be in a pleasant life -
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a lofty Paradise,
In an elevated garden,
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
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!
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
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!
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
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
And had not known what is my account.
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"My wealth has not availed me;
My wealth has not availed me.
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
Gone from me is my authority."
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
So no friend has he here this Day,
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
None will eat it except the sinners.
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
So I swear by what you see
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wama la tubsiroona
And by whatsoever you see not,
And what you do not see
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].
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
And it is not the word of a poet; little do 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!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do 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).
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
We would have seized him by the right hand;
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
وَإِنَّهُۥ 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)
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
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).
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ