Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Sure Reality!
Alhaqqatu
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?
Ma alhaqqatu
ما الحاقة
What is the Inevitable?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
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!
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
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!
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
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;
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
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!
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
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?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
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.
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
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.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
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),
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
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.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
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,
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
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, -
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
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.
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
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,
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
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.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
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.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
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!
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
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!"
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
In a Garden on high,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
في جنة عالية
In a lofty Paradise,
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
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!"
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
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!
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
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)!
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
"My wealth has not availed me;
"My power has perished from me!"...
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
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,
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
خذوه فغلوه
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
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.
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
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!
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
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,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
So I do call to witness what ye see,
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
And what ye see not,
Wama la tubsiroona
وما لا تبصرون
And by whatsoever you see not,
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
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!
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
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.
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
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.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
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,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
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,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
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:
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
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).
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
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.
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
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).
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
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.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
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.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
وإنه لحق اليقين
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.