Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ
The Sure Reality!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the Sure Reality?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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
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!
Then do you see of them any remains?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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
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.
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
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.
وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide 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
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
So he will be in a pleasant life -
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
In an elevated garden,
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In a Garden on high,
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
[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
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
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
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 had not known what is my account.
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
My wealth has not availed me.
مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
Gone from me is my authority."
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
"My power has perished from me!"...
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
"Further, make him march 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
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
None will eat it except the sinners.
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
So I swear by what you see
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
So I do call to witness what ye see,
And what you do not see
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And what ye see not,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
We would have seized him by the right hand;
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.