Sura al-Haqqa

69:1. The Undeniable Reality!

الحاقة

69:2. What is the Undeniable Reality?

ما الحاقة

69:3. And what will make you realise what the Undeniable Reality is?

وما أدراك ما الحاقة

69:4. Thamud and ‘Ad denied the Catastrophe (i.e. the Day when all cosmic bodies will be destroyed through a gravitational collision).

كذبت ثمود وعاد بالقارعة

69:5. As for Thamud, they were destroyed by a highly violent crashing blast.

فأما ثمود فأهلكوا بالطاغية

69:6. And as for ‘Ad, they were destroyed by a furiously bitter icy wind.

وأما عاد فأهلكوا بريح صرصر عاتية

69:7. He imposed it upon them consecutively for seven nights and eight days. You would have seen the people lying dead as if they were hollow trunks of uprooted palm trees.

سخرها عليهم سبع ليال وثمانية أيام حسوما فترى القوم فيها صرعى كأنهم أعجاز نخل خاوية

69:8. So, do you see any trace of them alive?

فهل ترى لهم من باقية

69:9. Then Pharaoh and those before him and the overthrown towns (of the community of Lut) committed grave sins.

وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة

69:10. They (also) disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. So He seized them with a terrible crushing grip.

فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية

69:11. Indeed, when the flood water rose high, We carried you in the floating ship,

إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية

69:12. so that We make it a reminder for you, and attentive ears may grasp it.

لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية

69:13. When the Trumpet is blown with a single blast,

فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة

69:14. and the earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed (into sand particles) with a single blow,

وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة

69:15. on that Day, the Inevitable event will occur.

فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة

69:16. The heavenly universe shall split asunder. So, (by losing its force) it will become torn into holes.*

* The word ‘wahiya’ means wear and tear of some leather, cloth or something similar with holes. It refers to the phenomenon that modern science has described as ‘black holes’. (al-Mufradat, Lisan al-‘Arab, Qamus al-Muhit, al-Munjid, etc.)

وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية

69:17. And the angels shall be (standing) at its edges. On that Day, eight (mighty angels) will carry the Throne of your Lord above them.

والملك على أرجائها ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية

69:18. That Day, you will be exposed. None of your secrets will remain hidden.

يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية

69:19. As for the one given his book in his right hand, he will say (happily): ‘Come here and read my book!

فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرؤوا كتابيه

69:20. I knew that I would surely face my reckoning.’

إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه

69:21. So he will have a pleasant life,

فهو في عيشة راضية

69:22. in an elevated garden,

في جنة عالية

69:23. whose clusters of fruit will be low-hanging (within easy reach).

قطوفها دانية

69:24. (They will be told:) ‘Enjoy your food and drink for what you had sent in advance in the past days.’

كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية

69:25. But as for the one given his book in his left hand, he will say: ‘I wish I had not been given my book,

وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه

69:26. nor had I known what my account was!

ولم أدر ما حسابيه

69:27. I wish death had been the decisive end (of all affairs).

يا ليتها كانت القاضية

69:28. My wealth has not benefited me.

ما أغنى عني ماليه

69:29. My authority has departed from me.’

هلك عني سلطانيه

69:30. (The angels will be told:) ‘Seize him and shackle him.

خذوه فغلوه

69:31. Then put him into Hellfire.

ثم الجحيم صلوه

69:32. Then tie him up in a chain, seventy arms long.

ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه

69:33. Indeed, he did not believe in Allah, the Most Magnificent,

إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم

69:34. nor did he encourage the feeding of the needy.

ولا يحض على طعام المسكين

69:35. So today, he has no loyal friend here,

فليس له اليوم هاهنا حميم

69:36. nor any food except filthy pus,

ولا طعام إلا من غسلين

69:37. which none shall eat except the evildoers.’

لا يأكله إلا الخاطئون

69:38. So I swear by whatever you see,

فلا أقسم بما تبصرون

69:39. and whatever you do not see.

وما لا تبصرون

69:40. Indeed, this (Qur’an) is the word spoken by a Noble Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him).

إنه لقول رسول كريم

69:41. And it is not the word of a poet (as you claim). How little do you believe!

وما هو بقول شاعر قليلا ما تؤمنون

69:42. Nor is it the word of a fortune-teller. How little do you reflect!

ولا بقول كاهن قليلا ما تذكرون

69:43. (It is) a revelation gradually sent down from the Lord of all worlds.

تنزيل من رب العالمين

69:44. Had he fabricated any sayings about Us,

ولو تقول علينا بعض الأقاويل

69:45. We would have surely seized him by the right hand,

لأخذنا منه باليمين

69:46. and then cut off his aorta.

ثم لقطعنا منه الوتين

69:47. Then none of you could have shielded him (from Us).

فما منكم من أحد عنه حاجزين

69:48. Indeed, this (Qur’an) is a reminder for the God-conscious.

وإنه لتذكرة للمتقين

69:49. And We certainly know that some of you are (its) deniers.

وإنا لنعلم أن منكم مكذبين

69:50. Indeed, it will be a (matter of) regret for the disbelievers.

وإنه لحسرة على الكافرين

69:51. But most surely, it is the Certain Truth.

وإنه لحق اليقين

69:52. So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Magnificent.

فسبح باسم ربك العظيم