Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
Alhaqqatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Reality ?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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.
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm - trees.
Then do you see of them any remains?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will 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].
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
So he will be in a pleasant life -
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
Then he will be in blissful state
In an elevated garden,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In a high garden
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Qutoofuha daniyatun
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
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
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book
And had not known what is my account.
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
And knew not what my reckoning!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
Oh, would that it had been death!
My wealth has not availed me.
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My wealth hath not availed me,
Gone from me is my authority."
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
My power hath gone from me.
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food save filth
None will eat it except the sinners.
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
Which none but sinners eat.
So I swear by what you see
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And what you do not see
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wama la tubsiroona
And all that ye see not
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We would have seized him by the right hand;
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
And then severed his life - artery,
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And lo! it is absolute truth.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.