Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Sure Reality!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
The Inevitable Reality -
What is the Sure Reality?
ما الحاقة
What is the Inevitable Reality?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, 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 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.
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Then do you see of them any remains?
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with 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 the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
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
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing 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 for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
Then when the Horn is blown with 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 and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
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 are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of 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, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
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
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he will be in a pleasant life -
In a Garden on high,
في جنة عالية
In an elevated garden,
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
قطوفها دانية
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
"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
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the 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 he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And had not known what is my account.
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
"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
Gone from me is my authority."
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
خذوه فغلوه
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then into Hellfire drive him.
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
None will eat it except the sinners.
So I do call to witness what ye see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I swear by what you see
And what ye see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And what you do not see
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
إنه لقول رسول كريم
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you 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 Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We would have seized him by the right hand;
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.