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