Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Sure Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
Alhaqqatu
What is the Sure Reality?
ما الحاقة
Ma alhaqqatu
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
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
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
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
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
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
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
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
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
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
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
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
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فهو في عيشة راضية
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قطوفها دانية
Qutoofuha daniyatun
"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
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
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
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
"My power has perished from me!"...
هلك عني سلطانيه
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خذوه فغلوه
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
And what ye see not,
وما لا تبصرون
Wama la tubsiroona
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi