Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Inevitable Reality -
The Sure Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Reality?
What is the Sure Reality?
ما الحاقة
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
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.
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!
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Then do you see of them any remains?
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
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.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
So he will be in a pleasant life -
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فهو في عيشة راضية
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قطوفها دانية
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
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
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!
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
And had not known what is my account.
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
My wealth has not availed me.
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
Gone from me is my authority."
"My power has perished from me!"...
هلك عني سلطانيه
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خذوه فغلوه
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Then into Hellfire drive him.
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
None will eat it except the sinners.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
So I swear by what you see
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And what you do not see
And what ye see not,
وما لا تبصرون
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إنه لقول رسول كريم
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
We would have seized him by the right hand;
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ