Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
The sure calamity!
Alhaqqatu
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Reality?
What is the sure calamity!
Ma alhaqqatu
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
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.
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Then do you see of them any remains?
Do you then see of them one remaining?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
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.
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
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.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
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,
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
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.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
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.
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
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,
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
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.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
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.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
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:
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
So he will be in a pleasant life -
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
In a lofty garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
The fruits of which are near at hand:
Qutoofuha daniyatun
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
[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.
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
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:
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
And had not known what is my account.
And I had not known what my account was:
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
O would that it had made an end (of me):
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
My wealth has not availed me.
My wealth has availed me nothing:
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
Gone from me is my authority."
My authority is gone away from me.
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Nor any food except refuse,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
None will eat it except the sinners.
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
So I swear by what you see
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And what you do not see
And that which you do not see.
Wama la tubsiroona
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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;
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
We would have seized him by the right hand;
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
And most surely it is the true certainty
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ