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
Alhaqqatu
The Sure Reality!
What is the Inevitable?
ما الحاقة
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Sure Reality?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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
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!
Do you see any remnants of them?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
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
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
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
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),
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
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.
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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
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.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
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.
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
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!
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
فهو في عيشة راضية
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
In a lofty Paradise,
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a Garden on high,
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
قطوفها دانية
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
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
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!"
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
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!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
"My wealth has not availed me;
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
هلك عني سلطانيه
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power has perished from me!"...
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
خذوه فغلوه
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
"Further, make him march 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
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
So no friend has he here this Day,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I do call to witness what ye see,
And by whatsoever you see not,
وما لا تبصرون
Wama la tubsiroona
And what 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
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
تنزيل من رب العالمين
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
(This is) a Message sent down 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
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
لأخذنا منه باليمين
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.