Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
Alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable Reality?
ما الحاقة
Ma alhaqqatu
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
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
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Then do you see of them any remains?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
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
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
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
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
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
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
So he will be in a pleasant life -
فهو في عيشة راضية
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
In an elevated garden,
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
قطوفها دانية
Qutoofuha daniyatun
[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
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
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
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
And had not known what is my account.
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
My wealth has not availed me.
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
Gone from me is my authority."
هلك عني سلطانيه
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
خذوه فغلوه
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
None will eat it except the sinners.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
So I swear by what you see
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
And what you do not see
وما لا تبصرون
Wama la tubsiroona
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
We would have seized him by the right hand;
لأخذنا منه باليمين
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi