Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
সেই অবশ্যম্ভাবী ঘটনা,
The Sure Reality!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the Inevitable Reality?
কী সেই অবশ্যম্ভাবী ঘটনা?
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the Reality ?
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
আর তুমি কি জান সেই অবশ্যম্ভাবী ঘটনা কী?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
আদ ও সামূদ সম্প্রদায় অস্বীকার করিয়াছিল মহাপ্রলয়।
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
আর সামূদ সম্প্রদায়, উহাদেরকে ধ্বংস করা হইয়াছিল এক প্রলয়ংকর বিপর্যয় দ্বারা।
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
আর ‘আদ সম্প্রদায়, উহাদেরকে ধ্বংস করা হইয়াছিল এক প্রচণ্ড ঝঞ্ঝাবায়ু দ্বারা,
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
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.
যাহা তিনি উহাদের উপর প্রবাহিত করিয়াছিলেন সপ্তরাত্রি ও অষ্টদিবস বিরামহীনভাবে; তখন তুমি উক্ত সম্প্রদায়কে দেখিতে - উহারা সেখানে লুটাইয়া পড়িয়া আছে সারশূন্য খর্জুর কাণ্ডের ন্যায়।
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 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?
অতঃপর উহাদের কাহাকেও তুমি বিদ্যমান দেখিতে পাও কি?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
ফির‘আওন, তাহার পূর্ববর্তীরা এবং উল্টাইয়া দেওয়া জনপদ পাপাচারে লিপ্ত ছিল।
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
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].
উহারা উহাদের প্রতিপালকের রাসূলকে অমান্য করিয়াছিল, ফলে তিনি উহাদেরকে শাস্তি দিলেন - কঠোর শাস্তি।
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
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
যখন জলোচ্ছ্বাস হইয়াছিল তখন আমি তোমাদের - কে আরোহণ করাইয়াছিলাম নৌযানে,
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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.
আমি ইহা করিয়াছিলাম তোমাদের শিক্ষার জন্য এবং এইজন্য যে, শ্রুতিধর কর্ণ ইহা 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.
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
যখন শিঙ্গায় ফুৎকার দেওয়া হইবে - একটি মাত্র ফুৎকার,
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
পর্বতমালাসমেত পৃথিবী উৎক্ষিপ্ত হইবে এবং মাত্র এক ধাক্কায় উহারা চূর্ণ - বিচূর্ণ হইয়া যাইবে।
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
সেদিন সংঘটিত হইবে মহাপ্রলয়,
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
এবং আকাশ বিদীর্ণ হইয়া যাইবে আর সেই দিন উহা বিক্ষিপ্ত হইয়া পড়িবে।
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
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].
ফিরিশ্তাগণ আকাশের প্রান্তদেশে থাকিবে এবং সেই দিন আটজন ফিরিশ্তা তোমার প্রতিপালকের আরশকে ধারণ করিবে তাহাদের ঊর্ধ্বে।
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
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.
সেই দিন উপস্থিত করা হইবে তোমাদেরকে এবং তোমাদের কিছুই গোপন থাকিবে না।
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
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!
তখন যাহাকে তাহার ‘আমলনামা তাহার দক্ষিণ হস্তে দেওয়া হইবে, সে বলিবে, ‘লও, আমার ‘আমলনামা, পড়িয়া দেখ ;
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 record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
‘নিশ্চয়ই আমি জানিতাম যে, আমাকে আমার হিসাবের সম্মুখীন হইতে হইবে।’
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
So he will be in a pleasant life -
সুতরাং সে যাপন করিবে সন্তোষজনক জীবন;
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
Then he will be in blissful state
In an elevated garden,
সুউচ্চ জান্নাতে
In a Garden on high,
In a high garden
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
যাহার ফলরাশি অবনমিত থাকিবে নাগালের মধ্যে।
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
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."
তাহাদেরকে বলা হইবে, ‘পানাহার কর তৃপ্তির সঙ্গে, তোমরা অতীত দিনে যাহা করিয়াছিলে তাহার বিনিময়ে।’
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
(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
কিন্তু যাহার ‘আমলনামা তাহার বাম হস্তে দেওয়া হইবে, সে বলিবে, ‘হায়! আমাকে যদি দেওয়াই না হইত আমার ‘আমলনামা,
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!
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.
‘এবং আমি যদি না জানিতাম আমার হিসাব !
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
And knew not what my reckoning!
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
‘হায়! আমার মৃত্যুই যদি আমার শেষ হইত।
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
Oh, would that it had been death!
My wealth has not availed me.
‘আমার ধন - সম্পদ আমার কোন কাজেই আসিল না।
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
My wealth hath not availed me,
Gone from me is my authority."
‘আমার ক্ষমতাও বিনষ্ট হইয়াছে।’
"My power has perished from me!"...
My power hath gone from me.
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
ফিরিশ্তাদেরকে বলা হইবে, ‘ধর উহাকে, উহার গলদেশে বেড়ি পরাইয়া দাও।
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Then into Hellfire drive him.
‘অতঃপর উহাকে নিক্ষেপ কর জাহান্নামে।
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
And then expose him to hell - fire
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
‘পুনরায় তাহাকে শৃঙ্খলিত কর সত্তর হস্ত দীর্ঘ এক শৃঙ্খলে’,
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
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,
সে তো মহান র প্রতি ছিল না।
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
এবং অভাবগ্রস্তকে অন্নদানে উৎসাহিত করিত না,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
অতএব এই দিন সেখানে তাহার কোন সুহৃদ থাকিবে না,
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
এবং কোন খাদ্য থাকিবে না ক্ষতনিঃসৃত পুঁজ ব্যতীত,
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food save filth
None will eat it except the sinners.
যাহা অপরাধী ব্যতীত কেহ খাইবে না।
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
Which none but sinners eat.
So I swear by what you see
আমি কসম করিতেছি উহার, যাহা তোমরা দেখিতে পাও,
So I do call to witness what ye see,
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And what you do not see
এবং যাহা তোমরা দেখিতে পাও না ;
And what ye see not,
And all that ye see not
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
নিশ্চয়ই এই কুরআন এক সম্মানিত রাসূলের বহনকৃত বার্তা।
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
ইহা কোন কবির রচনা নয়; তোমরা অল্পই বিশ্বাস কর,
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
ইহা কোন গণকের কথাও নয়, তোমরা অল্পই অনুধাবন কর।
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
ইহা জগতসমূহের প্রতিপালকের নিকট হইতে অবতীর্ণ।
(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 যদি আমার নামে কোন কথা রচনা করিয়া চালাইতে চেষ্টা করিত,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We would have seized him by the right hand;
আমি অবশ্যই তাহার দক্ষিণ হস্ত ধরিয়া ফেলিতাম,
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
এবং কাটিয়া দিতাম তাহার জীবন - ধমনী,
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And then severed his life - artery,
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
অতঃপর তোমাদের মধ্যে এমন কেহই নাই, যে তাহাকে রক্ষা করিতে পারে।
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
এই কুরআন মুত্তাকীদের জন্য অবশ্যই এক উপদেশ।
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
আমি অবশ্যই জানি যে, তোমাদের মধ্যে মিথ্যা আরোপকারী রহিয়াছে।
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
এবং এই কুরআন নিশ্চয়ই কাফিরদের অনুশোচনার কারণ হইবে,
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
অবশ্যই ইহা নিশ্চিত সত্য।
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And lo! it is absolute truth.
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
অতএব তুমি মহান প্রতিপালকের নামের পবিত্রতা ও মহিমা ঘোষণা কর।
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.