Al Haqqa, Al-Quran English Tran. Yousuf Ali

Yusuf Ali

The Sure Reality!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!

Transliteration

Alhaqqatu

Pickthall

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!

Yusuf Ali

What is the Sure Reality?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

What is the Inevitable?

Transliteration

Ma alhaqqatu

Pickthall

What is the Reality ?

Yusuf Ali

And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?

Transliteration

Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

Pickthall

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

Yusuf Ali

The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!

Transliteration

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

Pickthall

(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

Yusuf Ali

But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!

Transliteration

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

Pickthall

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

Yusuf Ali

And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!

Transliteration

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

Pickthall

And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

Yusuf Ali

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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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!

Transliteration

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun

Pickthall

Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm - trees.

Yusuf Ali

Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Do you see any remnants of them?

Transliteration

Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

Pickthall

Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?

Yusuf Ali

And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.

Transliteration

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

Pickthall

And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

Yusuf Ali

And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.

Transliteration

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

Pickthall

And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

Yusuf Ali

We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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)]

Transliteration

Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

Pickthall

Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

Yusuf Ali

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.

Transliteration

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

Pickthall

That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

Yusuf Ali

Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).

Transliteration

Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

Pickthall

And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

Yusuf Ali

And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.

Transliteration

Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

Pickthall

And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

Yusuf Ali

On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.

Transliteration

Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

Pickthall

Then, on that day will the Event befall.

Yusuf Ali

And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.

Transliteration

Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

Pickthall

And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

Yusuf Ali

And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

Transliteration

Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

Pickthall

And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

Yusuf Ali

That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.

Transliteration

Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

Pickthall

On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

Yusuf Ali

Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!

Transliteration

Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

Pickthall

Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!

Yusuf Ali

"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"

Transliteration

Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

Pickthall

Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

Yusuf Ali

And he will be in a life of Bliss,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.

Transliteration

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

Pickthall

Then he will be in blissful state

Yusuf Ali

In a Garden on high,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

In a lofty Paradise,

Transliteration

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

Pickthall

In a high garden

Yusuf Ali

The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.

Transliteration

Qutoofuha daniyatun

Pickthall

Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

Yusuf Ali

"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!

Transliteration

Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

Pickthall

(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

Yusuf Ali

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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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!

Transliteration

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

Pickthall

But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book

Yusuf Ali

"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And that I had never known how my Account is!

Transliteration

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

Pickthall

And knew not what my reckoning!

Yusuf Ali

"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Would that it had been my end (death)!

Transliteration

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

Pickthall

Oh, would that it had been death!

Yusuf Ali

"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"My wealth has not availed me;

Transliteration

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

Pickthall

My wealth hath not availed me,

Yusuf Ali

"My power has perished from me!"...

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"

Transliteration

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

Pickthall

My power hath gone from me.

Yusuf Ali

(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;

Transliteration

Khuthoohu faghulloohu

Pickthall

(It will be said): Take him and fetter him

Yusuf Ali

"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then throw him in the blazing Fire.

Transliteration

Thumma aljaheema salloohu

Pickthall

And then expose him to hell - fire

Yusuf Ali

"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"

Transliteration

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

Pickthall

And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

Yusuf Ali

"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,

Transliteration

Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

Pickthall

Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

Yusuf Ali

"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).

Transliteration

Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

Pickthall

And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

Yusuf Ali

"So no friend hath he here this Day.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So no friend has he here this Day,

Transliteration

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

Pickthall

Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

Yusuf Ali

"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.

Transliteration

Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

Pickthall

Nor any food save filth

Yusuf Ali

"Which none do eat but those in sin."

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).

Transliteration

La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

Pickthall

Which none but sinners eat.

Yusuf Ali

So I do call to witness what ye see,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So I swear by whatsoever you see,

Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

Pickthall

But nay! I swear by all that ye see

Yusuf Ali

And what ye see not,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by whatsoever you see not,

Transliteration

Wama la tubsiroona

Pickthall

And all that ye see not

Yusuf Ali

That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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].

Transliteration

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

Pickthall

That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

Yusuf Ali

It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!

Transliteration

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

Pickthall

It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

Yusuf Ali

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!

Transliteration

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

Pickthall

Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

Yusuf Ali

(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

Transliteration

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

Pickthall

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

Yusuf Ali

And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),

Transliteration

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

Pickthall

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

Yusuf Ali

We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),

Transliteration

Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

Pickthall

We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

Yusuf Ali

And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),

Transliteration

Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

Pickthall

And then severed his life - artery,

Yusuf Ali

Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.

Transliteration

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

Pickthall

And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

Yusuf Ali

But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).

Transliteration

Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

Pickthall

And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

Yusuf Ali

And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)

Transliteration

Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

Pickthall

And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

Yusuf Ali

But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).

Transliteration

Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

Pickthall

And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

Yusuf Ali

But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.

Transliteration

Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

Pickthall

And lo! it is absolute truth.

Yusuf Ali

So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.

Transliteration

Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

Pickthall

So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.

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