The Reality, The Inevitable — Bridges Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Doom

۞ ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝١

مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝٢

What is the Reality?

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝٣

And what can make yousg realize what the Reality is?

wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqat

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ ۝٤

Thamûd and Ād disbelieved in the Shocking Event.

kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿat

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِیَةِ ۝٥

So as for Thamûd, they were annihilated by the Overwhelming.

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

وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِرِیحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِیَةࣲ ۝٦

And as for Ād, they were annihilated by a furious, roaring 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

which He unleashed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so yousg could see the people tossed around as though they were stumps of hollow palm trees.

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

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِیَةࣲ ۝٨

So can yousg see any remnant of them?

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyati

وَجَاۤءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ۝٩

Then Pharaoh and whoever was before him and the Overturned Cities came up with grave offenses

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

فَعَصَوۡا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِیَةً ۝١٠

and disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an overpowering grip.

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyata

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ ۝١١

Indeed, when the waters overflowed We carried youpl in the running ship,

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyat

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِیَهَاۤ أُذُنࣱ وَ ٰعِیَةࣱ ۝١٢

making it a lesson for youpl—so that an attentive ear may take heed.

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatu

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ ۝١٣

Then, 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 up and crushed with a single crush—

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidata

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

on that day, the Inevitable Event shall come to pass

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ ۝١٦

and the heaven shall crack, for on that day it shall be frail.

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatu

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰۤ أَرۡجَاۤىِٕهَاۚ وَیَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ ثَمَـٰنِیَةࣱ ۝١٧

And the angels are ranged around its borders, while eight carry the Throne of yoursg Lord above them on that day.

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

یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِیَةࣱ ۝١٨

On that day youpl are presented, and no hidden secret of yours remains hidden.

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatu

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝١٩

So as for the one who was given his record in his right hand, he says, “Here, take my record and read it.

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

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٠

Indeed, I was certain that I would meet my reckoning.”

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ۝٢١

So he will be in a well-pleasing living,

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ ۝٢٢

in a lofty Garden (of Paradise),

fī jannatin ʿāliyati

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ ۝٢٣

its clusters (of fruit) within reach—

quṭūfuhā dāniyatu

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ ۝٢٤

“Eat and drink with satisfaction on account of what youpl did in the 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 the one who was given his record in his left hand, he says, “I wish I was never given my record

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

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٦

and never knew what my reckoning was.

walam adri mā ḥisābiya

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ ۝٢٧

If only it was the end!

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ ۝٢٨

My money cannot avail me;

mā aghnā ʿannī māliya

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ ۝٢٩

my power has vanished from me.”

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniya

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

“Takepl him and shackle him,

khudhūhu faghullūh

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

then scorch him in purgatory,

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

then in a chain whose length is seventy cubits tie him up.

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٣٣

For he would not believe in Allah, the Great,

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

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ ۝٣٤

nor would he urge (others to serve) food to the destitutesg.

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ ۝٣٥

So he has no intimate (friend) here today,

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmu

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ ۝٣٦

nor any food except scum,

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līni

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِءُونَ ۝٣٧

which none eats except the wrongdoers."

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

2 False Allegations refuted

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

So I swear by what youpl 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

it is indeed the word of a noble messenger

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmi

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٤١

and in no way is it the word of a poet—little do youpl believe,

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

nor is it the speech of a soothsayer—little do you remind yourselves.

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٤٣

(It is) a bestowal from on high by the Lord of all realms.

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِیلِ ۝٤٤

And had he falsely attributed some statements to Us,

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٤٥

We would certainly have seized him strongly,

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ ۝٤٦

then We would certainly have slashed his aorta,

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ ۝٤٧

and in no way could any of you have defended him.

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٤٨

And indeed, it is a reminding for the mindful pl (of God).

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

And indeed, We do know that some of you are disbelievers.

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ۝٥٠

And indeed, it is surely a source of grief for the deniers.

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٥١

And indeed, it is surely the truth of certitude.

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٥٢

So highly exalt the name of yoursg Lord, the Great.

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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