Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
The sure calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
Alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable Reality?
What is the sure calamity!
ما الحاقة
Ma alhaqqatu
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
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.
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.
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?
Do you then see of them one remaining?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
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].
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
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
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
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.
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
And when the trumpet is blown with a single 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 -
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
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].
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
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.
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
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!
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
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."
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
So he will be in a pleasant life -
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
فهو في عيشة راضية
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
In an elevated garden,
In a lofty garden,
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
The fruits of which are near at hand:
قطوفها دانية
Qutoofuha daniyatun
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
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
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:
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.
And I had not known what my account was:
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
O would that it had made an end (of me):
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
My wealth has not availed me.
My wealth has availed me nothing:
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
Gone from me is my authority."
My authority is gone away from me.
هلك عني سلطانيه
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
خذوه فغلوه
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Then cast him into the burning fire,
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
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,
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Nor did he urge 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
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Nor any food except refuse,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
None will eat it except the sinners.
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
So I swear by what you see
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
And what you do not see
And that which you do not see.
وما لا تبصرون
Wama la tubsiroona
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that 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.
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
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.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
We would have seized him by the right hand;
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
And not one of you could have withheld 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.
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
And most surely it is the true certainty
وإنه لحق اليقين
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi