Al Haqqa

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!

1 Alhaqqatu

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!

2 What is the Inevitable?

2 Ma alhaqqatu

2 What is the Reality ?

3 And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?

3 Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

4 Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!

4 Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!

5 Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

6 And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!

6 Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

7 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!

7 Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun

7 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.

8 Do you see any remnants of them?

8 Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

8 Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?

9 And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.

9 Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

10 And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.

10 FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

11 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)]

11 Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

12 That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.

12 LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

13 Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).

13 Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

14 And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.

14 Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

15 Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.

15 Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

15 Then, on that day will the Event befall.

16 And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.

16 Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

17 And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

17 Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

17 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

18 That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.

18 Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

19 Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!

19 Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

19 Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!

20 "Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"

20 Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

21 So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.

21 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

21 Then he will be in blissful state

22 In a lofty Paradise,

22 Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

22 In a high garden

23 The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.

23 Qutoofuha daniyatun

23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

24 Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!

24 Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

25 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!

25 Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

25 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

26 "And that I had never known how my Account is!

26 Walam adri ma hisabiyah

26 And knew not what my reckoning!

27 "Would that it had been my end (death)!

27 Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

27 Oh, would that it had been death!

28 "My wealth has not availed me;

28 Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

28 My wealth hath not availed me,

29 "My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"

29 Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

29 My power hath gone from me.

30 (It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;

30 Khuthoohu faghulloohu

30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

31 Then throw him in the blazing Fire.

31 Thumma aljaheema salloohu

31 And then expose him to hell - fire

32 "Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"

32 Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

33 Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,

33 Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

34 And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).

34 Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

35 So no friend has he here this Day,

35 Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

36 Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.

36 Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

36 Nor any food save filth

37 None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).

37 La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

37 Which none but sinners eat.

38 So I swear by whatsoever you see,

38 Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see

39 And by whatsoever you see not,

39 Wama la tubsiroona

39 And all that ye see not

40 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].

40 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

41 It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!

41 Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

42 Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!

42 Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

43 This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

43 Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

44 And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),

44 Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

45 We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),

45 Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

46 And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),

46 Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

46 And then severed his life - artery,

47 And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.

47 Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

47 And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

48 And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).

48 Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

49 And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)

49 Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

50 And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).

50 Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

51 And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.

51 Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

51 And lo! it is absolute truth.

52 So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.

52 Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.