Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
অবশ্যি ঘটবে সে ঘটনা!
The Sure Reality!
The sure calamity!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
অবশ্যি ঘটবে কী ঘটনা?
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the sure calamity!
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
তুমি কিভাবে জানবে, অবশ্যি ঘটবে কী ঘটনা?
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.
আদ ও সামুদ জাতি অস্বীকার করেছিল সেই মহাদুর্ঘটনাকে।
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].
এর মধ্যে রয়েছে সামুদ জাতি, তাদের ধ্বংস করা হয়েছিল এক প্রলয়ংকর বিপর্যয় দিয়ে।
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
এর মধ্যে রয়েছে আদ জাতি, তাদের ধ্বংস করা হয়েছিল প্রচন্ড ঘুর্ণিঝড় দিয়ে।
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.
সেটি তাদের উপর প্রবাহিত রেখেছিলেন সাত রাত আট দিন অবিরাম। তুমি সেখানে উপস্থিত থাকলে দেখতে, পুরো জাতিটি সেখানে (মরে) লুটিয়ে পড়ে আছে উপড়ে পড়া খেজুর গাছের কান্ডের মতো।
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?
তুমি তাদের কাউকেও অবশিষ্ট দেখতে পাচ্ছো কি?
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.
তারপর এসেছিল ফেরাউন, তার পূর্ববর্তীরা আর পাপাচারে লিপ্ত থাকা উল্টে দেয়া জনপদ (অর্থাৎ কওমে লুত)।
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].
তারা তাদের প্রভুর রসূলকে অমান্য করেছিল। এর ফলে তিনি তাদের পাকড়াও করেন কঠোর পাকড়াও।
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
(এর আগে নূহের সময়) পানি যখন উথলে উঠেছিল আমরা তোমাদের তুলে নিয়েছিলাম নৌযানে,
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.
এসব ঘটনাকে আমরা তোমাদের জন্যে বানিয়েছি শিক্ষার বিষয়। আর যেসব কান এগুলো শুনে তারা যেনো এগুলো সংরক্ষণ করে।
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
তারপর যখন শিঙায় ফুৎকার দেয়া হবে, একটি (প্রথম) ফুৎকার,
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 -
এবং পৃথিবী ও পর্বতমালাকে উঠিয়ে নিক্ষেপ করা হবে, তখন এক ধাক্কায়ই সেগুলো হয়ে যাবে চুর্ণবিচুর্ণ।
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,
সেদিনই সংঘটিত হবে ওয়াকিয়া (মহাদুর্ঘটনা)।
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.
তখন ফেটে চৌচির হয়ে যাবে আকাশ এবং তা পড়তে থাকবে ছিন্ন বিচ্ছিন্ন হয়ে।
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].
ফেরেশতারা অবস্থান করবে তার (আকাশের) প্রান্তে। সেদিন তাদের উপর আটজন (ফেরেশতা) ধারণ করবে তোমার প্রভুর আরশ।
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.
সেদিন তোমাদের উপস্থিত করা হবে এবং তোমাদের কোনো কিছুই থাকবেনা গোপন।
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!
তখন যার কিতাব (কৃতকর্মের রেকর্ড) দেয়া হবে তার ডান হাতে, সে বলবে: ‘‘নাও পড়ে দেখো আমার কিতাব (রেকর্ড),
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."
আমি বিশ্বাস করতাম, আমাকে অবশ্যি হিসাবের সম্মুখীন হতে হবে।’’
"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 -
ফলে সে এমন জীবন যাপন করবে, যাতে সে রাজি খুশি ও সন্তুষ্ট থাকবে।
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
In an elevated garden,
সে থাকবে মর্যাদাপূর্ণ জান্নাতে (বাগ বাগিচায়),
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty garden,
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
তার ফলরাশি নুয়ে থাকবে নাগালের মধ্যেই।
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."
(তাদের বলা হবে:) খাও, পান করো পরিতুষ্টির সাথে, সেই কাজের বিনিময়ে যা তোমরা করেছিলে অতীত দিনে (পৃথিবীর জীবনে)।
"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
কিন্তু যাকে তার কিতাব (রেকর্ড) দেয়া হবে তার বাম হাতে, সে বলবে: ‘‘হায়, আমার ধ্বংস, (কতো ভালো হতো) আমাকে যদি দেয়া না হতো আমার কিতাব!
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.
(হায়,) আমি যদি না জানতাম আমার হিসাব।
"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.
(হায়,) আমার মৃত্যুই যদি হতো আমার শেষ ফায়সালা।
"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.
আমার মাল - সম্পদ তো আমার কোনো কাজেই এলোনা।
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My wealth has availed me nothing:
Gone from me is my authority."
আমার সমস্ত ক্ষমতা - দাপটই তো আমার থেকে হয়ে গেছে হালাক।’’
"My power has perished from me!"...
My authority is gone away from me.
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
(ফেরেশতাদের বলা হবে:) ‘‘একে পাকড়াও করো এবং বেড়ি লাগাও তার গলায়।
(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.
তারপর নিক্ষেপ করো জাহিমে।
"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."
অতপর তাকে বাঁধো সত্তর হাত লম্বা শিকল দিয়ে।’’
"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,
সে ঈমান আনেনি মহান আল্লাহর প্রতি,
"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.
(মানুষকে) উৎসাহ দেয়নি মিসকিনদের আহার করাতে।
"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
তাই তার জন্যে আজ এখানে নেই কোনো সহমর্মী,
"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;
(তার জন্যে) নেই কোনো খাবার ক্ষতের পূঁজ ছাড়া,
"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.
যা আর কেউই খাবেনা অপরাধীরা ছাড়া।
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
So I swear by what you see
আমি কসম করছি সেসবের, যা তোমরা দেখতে পাও,
So I do call to witness what ye see,
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
And what you do not see
আর সেসবের যা তোমরা দেখতে পাওনা:
And what ye see not,
And that which you do not see.
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
নিশ্চয়ই এটি এক সম্মানিত রসূলের কথা।
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.
এটি কোনো কবি রচিত কথা নয়; তবে খুব কমই তোমরা বিশ্বাস করো।
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.
এটি কোনো গণকের কথাও নয়, তবে খুব কমই তোমরা উপলব্ধি করো।
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.
এটি হলো রাববুল আলামিনের নাযিল করা (কিতাব)।
(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,
সে (মুহাম্মদ) যদি আমাদের নামে কোনো কথা বানিয়ে নিয়ে চালাবার চেষ্টা করতো,
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;
আমরা অবশ্যি ধরে ফেলতাম তার ডান হাত,
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.
তারপর কেটে ফেলতাম তার জীবন - ধমনী।
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.
তোমাদের মধ্যে এমন কেউই থাকতো না, যে রক্ষা করতে পারতো তাকে।
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.
নিশ্চয়ই এ (কুরআন) এক উপদেশ (সতর্ক) লোকদের জন্যে।
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.
অবশ্যি আমরা জানি, তোমাদের মধ্যে রয়েছে মিথ্যাবাদীরা।
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.
অবশ্যি এ (কুরআন) কাফিরদের জন্যে এক অনুতাপের কারণ।
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.
নিশ্চয়ই এ (কুরআন) এক বাস্তব সত্য।
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.
সুতরাং তুমি তসবিহ করতে থাকো তোমার মহান প্রভুর নাম নিয়ে।
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.