The Reality, The Inevitable — Sher Ali Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Doom

۞ ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝١

مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝٢

What is the Inevitable

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ ۝٣

And what should make thee know what the Inevitable is

wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqat

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ ۝٤

The tribes of Thamud and Ad treated as a lie the sudden calamity

kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿat

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِیَةِ ۝٥

Then, as for Thamud, they were destroyed with a blast of utmost fury

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

وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِرِیحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِیَةࣲ ۝٦

And as for Ad, they were destroyed by a fierce 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

Which God caused to blow against them for seven nights and eight days continuously, so that thou mightest have seen the people therein lying prostrate, as though they were trunks of palm trees fallen down

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

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِیَةࣲ ۝٨

Dost thou see any trace of them

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyati

وَجَاۤءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ۝٩

And Pharaoh and those who were before him, and the overthrown cities persistently committed sins

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, therefore, HE seized them - a severe seizing

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyata

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ ۝١١

Verily, when the waters rose high, WE bore you in the boat

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyat

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِیَهَاۤ أُذُنࣱ وَ ٰعِیَةࣱ ۝١٢

That WE might make it a reminder for you, and that retaining ears might retain it

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatu

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰحِدَةࣱ ۝١٣

So that when a single blast is sounded on the trumpet

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatu

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ ۝١٤

And the earth and the mountains are heaved up and then are crushed in a single crash,

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidata

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

On that day will the Great Event come to pass

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ ۝١٦

And the heaven will cleave asunder, and it will be very frail that day

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatu

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰۤ أَرۡجَاۤىِٕهَاۚ وَیَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ ثَمَـٰنِیَةࣱ ۝١٧

And the angels will be standing on its borders, and above them on that day eight angels will bear the Throne of thy Lord

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

یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِیَةࣱ ۝١٨

On that day you will be presented before God; and none of your secrets will remain hidden

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatu

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ ۝١٩

Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, `Come, read my record.

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

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٠

`Surely, I knew that I would meet my reckoning.

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ۝٢١

So he will enjoy a delightful life

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ ۝٢٢

In a lofty Garden

fī jannatin ʿāliyati

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ ۝٢٣

Whereof clusters of fruit will be within easy reach

quṭūfuhā dāniyatu

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤءَۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ ۝٢٤

It will be said to him, `Eat and drink joyfully because of the good deeds you 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 him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, `O, would that I had not been given my record

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

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ ۝٢٦

`Nor known what my reckoning was

walam adri mā ḥisābiya

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ ۝٢٧

`O, would that death had made an end of me

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ ۝٢٨

`My wealth has been of no avail to me

mā aghnā ʿannī māliya

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ ۝٢٩

`My authority is gone from me.

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniya

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

The angels will be commanded: `Seize him and fetter him

khudhūhu faghullūh

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

`Then cast him into Hell

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

`Then bind him with a chain, the length of which is seventy cubits

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٣٣

`Verily, he did not believe in ALLAH, the Great

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

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ ۝٣٤

`And he did not urge the feeding of the poor

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ ۝٣٥

`No friend, therefore, has he here this day

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmu

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ ۝٣٦

`Nor any food save the washing of wounds

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līni

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِءُونَ ۝٣٧

`Which none but the sinners eat.

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

2 False Allegations refuted

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

But nay, I swear by that which you see

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūn

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٣٩

And that which you see not

wamā lā tub'ṣirūn

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ ۝٤٠

That it is, surely, the word brought by a noble Messenger

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmi

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٤١

And not the word of a poet; little is it what you believe

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you heed

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٤٣

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِیلِ ۝٤٤

And if he had forged and attributed any sayings to US

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٤٥

We would, surely, have seized him by the right hand

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ ۝٤٦

And then, surely, WE would have cut his life-vein

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ ۝٤٧

And not one of you could have held Our punishment off from him

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ ۝٤٨

And verily, it is a reminder for the righteous

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ ۝٤٩

And, surely, WE know that there are some among you who reject OUR Signs

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ ۝٥٠

And, verily, it will be a source of regret for the disbelievers

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ ۝٥١

And, surely, it is the absolute truth

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٥٢

So glorify the name of thy Lord, the Great

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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