The Inevitable Reality -

Alhaqqa

What is the Inevitable Reality?

Ma alhaqqa

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

Wama adraka ma alhaqqa

Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bilqariAAa

So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bittaghiya

And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehinsarsarin AAatiya

Which He [i.e., Allāh] imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalinwathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fataraalqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazunakhlin khawiya

Then do you see of them any remains?

Fahal tara lahum min baqiya

And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu walmu/tafikatubilkhati-a

And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahumakhthatan rabiya

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship

Inna lamma taghaalmao hamalnakum fee aljariya

That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratanwataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorinafkhatun wahida

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -

Wahumilati al-ardu waljibalufadukkata dakkatan wahida

Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,

Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

Wanshaqqati assamaofahiya yawma-ithin wahiya

And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya

That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.

Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya

So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!

Faamma man ootiya kitabahubiyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

Innee thanantu annee mulaqinhisabiyah

So he will be in a pleasant life -

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya

In an elevated garden,

Fee jannatin AAaliya

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

Qutoofuha daniya

[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."

Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimaaslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliya

But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

Waamma man ootiya kitabahubishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

And had not known what is my account.

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya

My wealth has not availed me.

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

Gone from me is my authority."

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

[Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

Khuthoohu faghullooh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

Thumma aljaheema sallooh

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh

Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,

Innahu kana la yu/minu billahialAAatheem

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

Wala yahuddu AAalataAAami almiskeen

So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameem

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

Wala taAAamun illamin ghisleen

None will eat it except the sinners.

La ya/kuluhu illa alkhati-oon

So I swear by what you see

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroon

And what you do not see

Wama la tubsiroon

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

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

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirinqaleelan ma tu/minoon

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelanma tathakkaroon

[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameen

And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAdaal-aqaweel

We would have seized him by the right hand;

Laakhathna minhu bilyameen

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

Thumma laqataAAna minhualwateen

And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeen

And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.

Wa-innahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeen

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

Wa-inna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeen

And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

Wa-innahu lahasratun AAala alkafireen

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

Wa-innahu lahaqqu alyaqeen

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

Fasabbih bismi rabbika alAAatheem