Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
Alhaqqatu
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
The sure calamity!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Ma alhaqqatu
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the sure calamity!
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
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
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
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.
Then do you see of them any remains?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Do you then see of them one remaining?
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
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
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
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
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
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
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
So he will be in a pleasant life -
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
In an elevated garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In a lofty garden,
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
The fruits of which are near at hand:
[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
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
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
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ
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:
And had not known what is my account.
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
And I had not known what my account was:
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
O would that it had made an end (of me):
My wealth has not availed me.
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ
My wealth has availed me nothing:
Gone from me is my authority."
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
My authority is gone away from me.
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Then cast him into the burning fire,
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Nor any food except refuse,
None will eat it except the sinners.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
So I swear by what you see
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
And what you do not see
Wama la tubsiroona
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And that which you do not see.
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
We would have seized him by the right hand;
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
And most surely it is the true certainty
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.