Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the Inevitable?
ما الحاقة
What is the Reality ?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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!
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
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.
Do you see any remnants of them?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
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)]
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
فهو في عيشة راضية
Then he will be in blissful state
In a lofty Paradise,
في جنة عالية
In a high garden
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
قطوفها دانية
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
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!
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
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
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And knew not what my reckoning!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Oh, would that it had been death!
"My wealth has not availed me;
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth hath not availed me,
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
هلك عني سلطانيه
My power hath gone from me.
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
And then expose him to hell - fire
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
So no friend has he here this Day,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food save filth
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but sinners eat.
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And by whatsoever you see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And all that ye see not
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].
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
تنزيل من رب العالمين
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then severed his life - artery,
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And lo! it is absolute truth.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.