Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Sure Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
What is the Sure Reality?
ما الحاقة
What is the Inevitable?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
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 awful cry!
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent 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 Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Do you see any remnants of them?
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
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 their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
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
Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)]
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 (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
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 and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then on that Day shall the (Great) 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 be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
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 its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord 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
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, 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 will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
In a lofty Paradise,
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قطوفها دانية
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
"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
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
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 will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"My wealth has not availed me;
"My power has perished from me!"...
هلك عني سلطانيه
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
"Then fasten him with 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
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
So no friend has he here this Day,
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
And what ye see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And by whatsoever you see not,
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
تنزيل من رب العالمين
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.