Chapter 69, 52 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
The Inevitable Reality -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
The sure calamity!
What is the Inevitable?
What is the Inevitable Reality?
ما الحاقة
What is the sure calamity!
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
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 Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.
Do you see any remnants of them?
Then do you see of them any remains?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Do you then see of them one remaining?
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
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)]
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
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 for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
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.
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
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 are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
So he will be in a pleasant life -
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
In a lofty Paradise,
In an elevated garden,
في جنة عالية
In a lofty garden,
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
قطوفها دانية
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
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 he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
And had not known what is my account.
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And I had not known what my account was:
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
O would that it had made an end (of me):
"My wealth has not availed me;
My wealth has not availed me.
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth has availed me nothing:
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
Gone from me is my authority."
هلك عني سلطانيه
My authority is gone away from me.
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
خذوه فغلوه
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then cast him into the burning fire,
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
So no friend has he here this Day,
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except refuse,
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
None will eat it except the sinners.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
So I swear by what you see
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
And by whatsoever you see not,
And what you do not see
وما لا تبصرون
And that which you do not see.
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] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
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
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),
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
We would have seized him by the right hand;
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And most surely it is the true certainty
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.