1

اِ۬لۡحَآقَّةُ

The Reality

2

مَا اَ۬لۡحَآقَّةُ

And what is (that inevitable) Reality

3

وَمَآ أَدۡر۪ىٰكَ مَا اَ۬لۡحَآقَّةُ

What do you understand by the ´Reality´

4

كَذَّبَت ثَّمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِالۡقَارِعَةِ

The ´Samoods´ and the ´Aads´ denied the (impending) calamity of sudden onset _ (the hour of Judgment)

5

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

So the Samoods were wiped out by the lightning (and the thunderbolt)

6

وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةࣲ‏

While the ´Aads´ were destroyed by the violent howling winds

7

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالࣲ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومࣰ اۖ فَتَرَى اَ۬لۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعٜ يٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةࣲ‏

For seven hideous days and eight gruesome nights, He let the winds ravage them. (Had you been there), you could see their bodies tossed about (and strewn around), as if they were the hollowed out trunks of the date trees

8

فَهَل تَّر۪يٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةࣲ‏

Do you see any of them around, anymore

9

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قِبَلَهُۥ وَاَلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِالۡخَاطِئَةِ

The pharaoh, and those before him _ the overturned cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah) _ committed the (very same) crime

10

فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِيَةً

They defied the messengers of their Lord, and so He seized (and squeezed) them into a tight grip

11

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا اَ۬لۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي اِ۬لۡجَارِيَةِ

Indeed, (oh believers, during the great deluge of Nooh) when the water began to inundate, We carried you (and kept you afloat) aboard a ship

12

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنࣱ وَٰعِيَةࣱ‏

So as to make it a memorable event for you; so that the attentive souls may retain an indelible memory of that event in their (subconscious) mind

13

۞فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي اِ۬لصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ‏

As (soon as) the trumpet sounds for the first time

14

وَحُمِلَتِ اِ۬لۡأَرۡضُ وَاَلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ‏

The earth and the mountains would be dislodged and crushed with a single blow

15

فَيَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَقَعَتِ اِ۬لۡوَاقِعَةُ

And so, on that day the inevitable (event) would come to pass

16

وَاَنشَقَّتِ اِ۬لسَّمَآءُ فَهۡيَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاهِيَةࣱ‏

Feeble and frail, on that day the sky shall burst asunder

17

وَاَلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ ثَمَٰنِيَةࣱ‏

The angels would be present there, at the edge (of the throne). Eight of them would carry your Lord´s throne above them

18

يَوۡمَئِذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةࣱ‏

That shall be the day you are presented before Him (with all your secrets bared); none of your intimate secrets shall remain unexposed

19

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ اُ۪قۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ

Then, the one who is given his record (of deeds) in his right hand would say, (excitedly to others), "Here, take (a look)! Read the record (of my deeds)

20

إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ

I really did believe that (one day), I would have to face the reckoning

21

فَهۡوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ‏

So, he shall have a pleasant and blissful (ever lasting) life

22

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ‏

In the exalted (gardens of delight)

23

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةࣱ‏

With its cluster of fruit (drooping low), within easy reach

24

كُلُواْ وَاَشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي اِ۬لۡأَيَّامِ اِ۬لۡخَالِيَةِ

(Enjoy)! Eat and drink (and relish your reward), the result of the deeds you had earned in the life gone by

25

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ

While he, who is given his record (of deeds) in his left hand would (lament and) say, "I wish I had never been given my record

26

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ

I wish I had never known (the contents of) my record

27

يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ اِ۬لۡقَاضِيَةَ

I wish my death (in the world) had been final (and decisive)

28

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَه

My wealth (and possessions) did not help me

29

هَّلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ

And my (talents and) faculties have (waned and) gone

30

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

(The command will sound), "Grab him and tie him down

31

ثُمَّ اَ۬لۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

And roast him over the blazing fire

32

ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰ ا فَاَسۡلُكُوهُ

Then shackle him securely with iron chains, seventy yards long

33

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِاللَّهِ اِ۬لۡعَظِيمِ

He did not believe in Allah, the Almighty, the Greatest

34

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ اِ۬لۡمِسۡكِينِ

Nor did he ever encourage the feeding of the needy (and the hungry)

35

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ اُ۬لۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمࣱ‏

Today, he has no friends here

36

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينࣲ‏

And to eat, he only has the filthy discharge from wounds

37

لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا اَ۬لۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ

Which no one except the sinners have to eat

38

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

No! Absolutely not! I swear by all that you see

39

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

As well as that which you do not

40

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ‏

It, (the Qur´an), is the word of the noble messenger

41

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ

(Certainly)! it is not the word of a poet. Little do you believe

42

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تَذَّكَّرُونَ

Nor is it the word of a fortuneteller. Seldom do you ponder

43

تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ اِ۬لۡعَٰلَمِينَ

It is the revelation from the Lord of the universe

44

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ اَ۬لۡأَقَاوِيلِ

Had he (the prophet) purported (and fabricated) lies about Us

45

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِالۡيَمِينِ

We would have seized him by his right hand

46

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ اُ۬لۡوَتِينَ

And would have cut off his main vein

47

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

(Absolutely) no one among you could have kept Us away from him

48

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ

It is certainly a reminder for the righteous

49

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

Of course We know, that among you are those who disbelieve

50

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى اَ۬لۡكٰ۪فِرِينَ

Thus, this Qur´an will definitely be the source of anguish for the disbelievers

51

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ اُ۬لۡيَقِينِ

It is the veritable truth _ (a statement of absolute certainty)

52

فَسَبِّحۡ بِاسۡمِ رَبِّكَ اَ۬لۡعَظِيمِ

So glorify the name of the Almighty, your Lord