Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Sure Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!
What is the Sure Reality?
ما الحاقة
What is the Reality ?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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
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 seest thou any of them left surviving?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
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
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
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
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
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
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
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
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
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
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فهو في عيشة راضية
Then he will be in blissful state
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
In a high garden
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قطوفها دانية
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
"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
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
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
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 that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And knew not what my reckoning!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Oh, would that it had been death!
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth hath not availed me,
"My power has perished from me!"...
هلك عني سلطانيه
My power hath gone from me.
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
And then expose him to hell - fire
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food save filth
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but sinners eat.
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
And what ye see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And all that ye see not
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then severed his life - artery,
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And lo! it is absolute truth.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.