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The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934], at sacred-texts.com
Sūra LXIX.: Ḥāqqa, or the Sure Reality.
Section 1
1. The Sure Reality!
2. What is the Sure Reality?
3. And what will make
Thee realise what
The Sure Reality is?
4. Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
4. The Thamūd
And the ‘Ād people
(Branded) as false
The Stunning Calamity!
5. Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
5. But the Thamūd,—
They were destroyed
By a terrible Storm
Of thunder and lightning!
6. Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
6. And the ‘Ād,—
They were destroyed
By a furious Wind,
Exceedingly violent;
7. Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
7. 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 if they had been
Roots of hollow palm-trees
Tumbled down!
8. Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
8. Then seest thou any
Of them left surviving?
9. Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmu/tafikatu bialkhati-ati
9. And Pharaoh,
And those before him,
And the Cities Overthrown,
Committed habitual Sin,
10. FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
10. And disobeyed (each)
The apostle of their Lord;
So He punished them
With an abundant Penalty.
11. Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
11. We, when the water
(Of Noah's Flood) overflowed
Beyond its limits,
Carried you (mankind),
In the floating (Ark),
12. LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
12. 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.
13. Fa-itha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
13. Then, when one
Blast is sounded
On the Trumpet,
14. Wahumilati al-ardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
14. And the earth is moved,
And its mountains,
And they are crushed to powder
At one stroke,—
15. Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
15. On that Day
Shall the (Great) Event
Come to pass,
16. Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawma-ithin wahiyatun
16. And the sky will be
Rent asunder, for it will
That Day be flimsy,
17. Waalmalaku AAala arja-iha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniyatun
17. And the angels will be
On its sides,
And eight will, that Day,
Bear the Throne
Of thy Lord above them.
18. Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
18. That Day shall ye be
Brought to Judgment:
Not an act of yours
That ye hide will be hidden.
19. Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
19. Then he that will be
Given his Record
In his right hand
Will say: "Ah here!
Read ye my Record!
20. Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
20. "I did really understand
That my Account would
(One Day) reach me!"
21. Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
21. And he will be
In a life of Bliss,
22. In a Garden on high,
23. The Fruits whereof
(Will hang in bunches)
Low and near.
24. Kuloo waishraboo hanee-an bima aslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliyati
24. "Eat ye and drink ye,
With full satisfaction;
Because of the (good)
That ye sent before you,
In the days that are gone!"
25. Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
25. 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!
26. "And that I had never
Realised how
My account (stood)!
27. Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
27. "Ah! would that (Death)
Had made an end of me!
28. "Of no profit to me
Has been my wealth!
29. "My power has
Perished from me!"…
30. (The stern command will say):
"Seize ye him,
And bind ye him,
31. "And burn ye him
In the Blazing Fire.
32. Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu
32. "Further, make him march
In a chain, whereof
The length is seventy cubits!
33. Innahu kana la yu/minu biAllahi alAAatheemi
33. "This was he that
Would not believe
In God Most High,
34. Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni
34. "And would not encourage
The feeding of the indigent!
35. Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
35. "So no friend hath he
Here this Day.
36. Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin
36. "Nor hath he any food
Except the corruption
From the washing of wounds,
37. La ya/kuluhu illa alkhati-oona
37. "Which none do eat
But those in sin."