Chapter 69, 52 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
The Sure Reality!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the Inevitable?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
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!
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!
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Do you see any remnants of them?
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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)]
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
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.
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty Paradise,
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ
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!
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!
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
"My wealth has not availed me;
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
"My power has perished from me!"...
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
So no friend has he here this Day,
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
So I do call to witness what ye see,
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And what ye see not,
And by whatsoever you see not,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
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].
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.