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