Al Haqqa

1 Alhaqqatu

1 The Sure Reality!

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

2 Ma alhaqqatu

2 What is the Sure Reality?

2 What is the Inevitable?

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

3 And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?

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

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

4 The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!

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

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

5 But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!

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

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

6 And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;

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

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

7 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!

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!

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

8 Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

8 Do you see any remnants of them?

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

9 And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

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

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

10 And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.

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

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

11 We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),

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)]

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

12 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.

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

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

13 Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

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

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

14 And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -

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

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

15 On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.

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

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

16 And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

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

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

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

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

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

18 That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.

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

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

19 Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!

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

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

20 "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"

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

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

21 And he will be in a life of Bliss,

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

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

22 In a Garden on high,

22 In a lofty Paradise,

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

23 The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.

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

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

24 "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"

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

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

25 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!

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!

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

26 "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!

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

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

27 "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!

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

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

28 "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!

28 "My wealth has not availed me;

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

29 "My power has perished from me!"...

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

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

30 (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,

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

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

31 "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

31 Then throw him in the blazing Fire.

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

32 "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

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

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

33 "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.

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

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

34 "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!

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

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

35 "So no friend hath he here this Day.

35 So no friend has he here this Day,

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

36 "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,

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

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

37 "Which none do eat but those in sin."

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

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

38 So I do call to witness what ye see,

38 So I swear by whatsoever you see,

39 Wama la tubsiroona

39 And what ye see not,

39 And by whatsoever you see not,

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

40 That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;

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].

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

41 It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!

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

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

42 Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.

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

43 Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

43 (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.

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

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

44 And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

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

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

45 We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

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

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

46 And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:

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

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

47 Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).

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

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

48 But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.

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

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

49 And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).

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

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

50 But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.

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

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

51 But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

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

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

52 So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

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