Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
Alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable Reality?
What is the Reality ?
Ma alhaqqatu
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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.
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.
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Then do you see of them any remains?
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
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.
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
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].
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
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!
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
So he will be in a pleasant life -
Then he will be in blissful state
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
In an elevated garden,
In a high garden
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the 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.
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
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
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
And had not known what is my account.
And knew not what my reckoning!
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
Oh, would that it had been death!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
My wealth has not availed me.
My wealth hath not availed me,
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
Gone from me is my authority."
My power hath gone from me.
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
Then into Hellfire drive him.
And then expose him to hell - fire
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Nor any food save filth
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
None will eat it except the sinners.
Which none but sinners eat.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
So I swear by what you see
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
And what you do not see
And all that ye see not
Wama la tubsiroona
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
We would have seized him by the right hand;
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
And then severed his life - artery,
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi