Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Sure Reality!
Alhaqqatu
The Inevitable Reality -
What is the Sure Reality?
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable Reality?
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
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!
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
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?
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Then do you see of them any remains?
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
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.
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
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),
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
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.
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
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,
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
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, -
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
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.
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
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.
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
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!
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
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!"
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
So he will be in a pleasant life -
In a Garden on high,
Fee jannatin AAaliyatin
In an elevated garden,
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
Qutoofuha daniyatun
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!"
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
[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!
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
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)!
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
And had not known what is my account.
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
Ma aghna AAannee maliyah
My wealth has not availed me.
"My power has perished from me!"...
Halaka AAannee sultaniyah
Gone from me is my authority."
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then into Hellfire drive him.
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
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,
Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
None will eat it except the sinners.
So I do call to witness what ye see,
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I swear by what you see
And what ye see not,
Wama la tubsiroona
And what you do not see
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
[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!
Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
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.
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,
Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We would have seized him by the right hand;
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.