Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
Alhaqqatu
The Sure Reality!
The sure calamity!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the sure calamity!
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
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
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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
He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm - trees tumbled down!
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
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
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
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
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
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
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
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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
That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.
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
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
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
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
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
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
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
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
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
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
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
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
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
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
So he will be in a pleasant life -
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
In an elevated garden,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty garden,
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
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
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
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
And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!
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
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
And I had not known what my account was:
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
O would that it had made an end (of me):
My wealth has not availed me.
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
Gone from me is my authority."
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
"My power has perished from me!"...
My authority is gone away from me.
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
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
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
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
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
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
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food except refuse,
None will eat it except the sinners.
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
So I swear by what you see
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I do call to witness what ye see,
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
And what you do not see
Wama la tubsiroona
And what ye see not,
And that which you do not see.
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
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
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
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
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
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
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
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
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
We would have seized him by the right hand;
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
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
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
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
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
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
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
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
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And most surely it is the true certainty
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.