Chapter 69, 52 verses
The Sure Reality!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحاقة
The sure calamity!
What is the Sure Reality?
What is the Inevitable?
ما الحاقة
What is the sure calamity!
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?
وما أدراك ما الحاقة
And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!
كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.
But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!
فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية
Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!
وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية
And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.
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!
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!
سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
Do you see any remnants of them?
فهل ترى لهم من باقية
Do you then see of them one remaining?
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.
وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة
And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.
فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية
And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
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)]
إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية
Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,
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.
That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.
لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية
So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.
Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).
فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة
And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,
And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -
And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.
وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة
And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.
On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.
فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة
On that day shall the great event come to pass,
And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.
وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.
And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
والملك على أرجائها ۚ ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.
That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.
That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.
يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية
On that day you shall be exposed to view - - no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!
Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!
فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه
Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:
"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"
"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"
إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه
Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.
And he will be in a life of Bliss,
So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.
فهو في عيشة راضية
So he shall be in a life of pleasure,
In a Garden on high,
In a lofty Paradise,
في جنة عالية
In a lofty garden,
The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.
قطوفها دانية
The fruits of which are 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!"
Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!
كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية
Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.
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!
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!
وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه
And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:
"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
"And that I had never known how my Account is!
ولم أدر ما حسابيه
And I had not known what my account was:
"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
"Would that it had been my end (death)!
يا ليتها كانت القاضية
O would that it had made an end (of me):
"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
"My wealth has not availed me;
ما أغنى عني ماليه ۜ
My wealth has availed me nothing:
"My power has perished from me!"...
"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"
هلك عني سلطانيه
My authority is gone away from me.
(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;
خذوه فغلوه
Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
Then throw him in the blazing Fire.
ثم الجحيم صلوه
Then cast him into the burning fire,
"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!
"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"
ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه
Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.
"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم
Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,
"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).
ولا يحض على طعام المسكين
Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.
"So no friend hath he here this Day.
So no friend has he here this Day,
فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم
Therefore he has not here today a true friend,
"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,
Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.
ولا طعام إلا من غسلين
Nor any food except refuse,
"Which none do eat but those in sin."
None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).
لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون
Which none but the wrongdoers eat.
So I do call to witness what ye see,
So I swear by whatsoever you see,
فلا أقسم بما تبصرون
But nay! I swear by that which you see,
And what ye see not,
And by whatsoever you see not,
وما لا تبصرون
And that which you do not see.
That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;
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].
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,
It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!
وما هو بقول شاعر ۚ قليلا ما تؤمنون
And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!
ولا بقول كاهن ۚ قليلا ما تذكرون
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.
(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
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,
And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),
ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل
And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,
We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),
لأخذنا منه باليمين
We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,
And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),
ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين
Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.
Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين
And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.
But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.
And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).
وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين
And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).
And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).
And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين
And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.
But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين
And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.
But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.
وإنه لحق اليقين
And most surely it is the true certainty
So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
فسبح باسم ربك العظيم
Therefore - glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.