Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
The Inevitable Reality -
The sure calamity!
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable Reality?
What is the sure calamity!
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
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.
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Then do you see of them any remains?
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he will be in a pleasant life -
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In an elevated garden,
In a lofty garden,
Qutoofuha daniyatun
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
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
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
And had not known what is my account.
And I had not known what my account was:
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My wealth has not availed me.
My wealth has availed me nothing:
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
Gone from me is my authority."
My authority is gone away from me.
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Nor any food except refuse,
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
None will eat it except the sinners.
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I swear by what you see
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
Wama la tubsiroona
And what you do not see
And that which you do not see.
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We would have seized him by the right hand;
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
And most surely it is the true certainty
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.