Chapter 69, 52 verses
Alhaqqatu
The Sure Reality!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Sure Reality?
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
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!
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
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.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a Garden on high,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
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!
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power has perished from me!"...
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wama la tubsiroona
And what ye see not,
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ