The Reality, The Inevitable — Aisha Bewley Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Doom

۞ ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝١

The Undeniable!

مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝٢

What is the Undeniable?

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝٣

What will convey to you what the Undeniable is?

wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqat

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ ۝٤

Thamud and ´Ad denied the Crushing Blow.

kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿat

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِیَةِ ۝٥

Thamud were destroyed by the Deafening Blast.

fa-ammā thamūdu fa-uh'likū bil-ṭāghiyat

وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِرِیحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِیَةࣲ ۝٦

´Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind.

wa-ammā ʿādun fa-uh'likū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyati

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَیَالࣲ وَثَمَـٰنِیَةَ أَیَّامٍ حُسُومࣰاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِیهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِیَةࣲ ۝٧

Allah subjected them to it for seven whole nights and eight whole days without a break. You could see the people flattened in their homes just like the hollow stumps of uprooted palms.

sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyati

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِیَةࣲ ۝٨

Do you see any remnant of them left?

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyati

وَجَاۤءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ۝٩

Pharaoh and those before him and the Overturned Cities made a great mistake.

wajāa fir'ʿawnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi-at

فَعَصَوۡا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِیَةً ۝١٠

They disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord so He seized them in an ever-tightening grip.

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyata

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ ۝١١

When the waters rose We carried you in the ship

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyat

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِیَهَاۤ أُذُنࣱ وَ ٰعِیَةࣱ ۝١٢

to make it a reminder for you and something to be retained by retentive ears.

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatu

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ ۝١٣

So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast,

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatu

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ ۝١٤

and the earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed with a single blow,

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidata

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

On that Day, the Occurrence will occur

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ ۝١٦

and Heaven will be split apart, for that Day it will be very frail.

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatu

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰۤ أَرۡجَاۤىِٕهَاۚ وَیَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ ثَمَـٰنِیَةࣱ ۝١٧

The angels will be gathered round its edge. On that Day, eight will bear the Throne of their Lord above their heads.

wal-malaku ʿalā arjāihā wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyatu

یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِیَةࣱ ۝١٨

On that Day you will be exposed — no concealed act you did will stay concealed.

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatu

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝١٩

As for him who is given his Book in his right hand, he will say, ´Here, come and read my Book!

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāumu iq'raū kitābiya

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٠

I counted on meeting my Reckoning.´

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ۝٢١

He will have a very pleasant life

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ ۝٢٢

in an elevated Garden,

fī jannatin ʿāliyati

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ ۝٢٣

its ripe fruit hanging close to hand.

quṭūfuhā dāniyatu

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ ۝٢٤

´Eat and drink with relish for what you did before in days gone by!´

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyat

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝٢٥

But as for him who is given his Book in his left hand, he will say, ´If only I had not been given my Book

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiya

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٦

and had not known about my Reckoning!

walam adri mā ḥisābiya

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ ۝٢٧

If only death had really been the end!

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ ۝٢٨

My wealth has been of no use to me.

mā aghnā ʿannī māliya

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ ۝٢٩

My power has vanished.´

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniya

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

´Seize him and truss him up.

khudhūhu faghullūh

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

Then roast him in the Blazing Fire.

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

Then bind him in a chain which is seventy cubits long.

thumma fī sil'silatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-us'lukūh

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٣٣

He used not to have iman in Allah the Magnificent,

innahu kāna lā yu'minu bil-lahi l-ʿaẓīm

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ ۝٣٤

nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ ۝٣٥

Therefore here today he has no friend

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmu

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ ۝٣٦

nor any food except exuding pus

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līni

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِءُونَ ۝٣٧

which no one will eat except those who were in error.´

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

2 False Allegations refuted

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

I swear both by what you see

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūn

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٩

and what you do not see,

wamā lā tub'ṣirūn

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٤٠

that this is the word of a noble Messenger.

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmi

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٤١

It is not the word of a poet — how little iman you have!

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

Nor the word of a fortune-teller — how little heed you pay!

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٤٣

It is a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds.

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِیلِ ۝٤٤

If he had made up any sayings and ascribed them to Us,

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٤٥

We would have seized him by force,

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ ۝٤٦

and then We would have cut off his life-blood

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ ۝٤٧

and not one of you could have protected him.

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٤٨

It is a reminder to the people with taqwa.

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

We know that some of you will deny it.

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ۝٥٠

It is a cause of great distress to those who are kafir.

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٥١

And it is undeniably the Truth of Certainty.

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٥٢

Glorify then the name of your Lord, the Magnificent.

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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