Incontestable

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

The incontestable (event).

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

al-ḥāqat

What an incontestable (event)!

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

mā l-ḥāqat

It is truly incontestable.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqat

Thamûd and 'Ãd disbelieved in the Shocker.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿat

As for Thamûd, they were annihilated by the devastating (quake).

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

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

As for 'Ãd, they were annihilated by a persistent, violent storm.

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

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

He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, violently. You could see the people tossed around like decayed palm trunks.

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

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

Can you find any trace of them?

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyati

Pharaoh, others before him, and the sinners (of Sodom) were wicked.

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

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

They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord. Consequently, He requited them a devastating requital.

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyata

The flood was devastating, so we carried you on the floating (ark).

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyat

We rendered it a lesson for you, that any listening ear may understand.

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatu

When the horn is blown once.

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatu

The earth and the mountains will be carried off and crushed; utterly crushed.

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidata

That is the day when the inevitable event will come to pass.

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿat

The heaven will crack, and fall apart.

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatu

The angels will be all around, and Your Lord's dominion will then encompass eight (universes).

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ

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

On that day, you will be exposed, nothing of you can be hidden.

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatu

As for the one who receives his record with his right hand, he will say, "Come read my record.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

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

"I did believe that I was going to be held accountable."

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiya

He has deserved a happy life.

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyati

In an exalted Paradise.

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

fī jannatin ʿāliyati

Its fruits are within reach.

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

quṭūfuhā dāniyatu

Eat and drink happily in return for your works in days past.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

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

As for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I never received my record.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

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

"I wish I never knew my account.

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

walam adri mā ḥisābiya

"I wish my death was eternal.

يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyat

"My money cannot help me.

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ

mā aghnā ʿannī māliya

"All my power is gone."

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniya

Take him and shackle him.

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

khudhūhu faghullūh

Burn him in Hell.

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

In a chain that is seventy arms long, tie him up.

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

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

For he did not believe in GOD, Most Great.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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

Nor did he advocate the feeding of the poor.

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

Consequently, he has no friend here.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmu

Nor any food, except the bitter variety.

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līni

Food for the sinners.

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

I swear by what you see.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūn

And what you do not see.

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

wamā lā tub'ṣirūn

This is the utterance of an honorable messenger.

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmi

Not the utterance of a poet; rarely do you believe.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

Nor the utterance of a soothsayer; rarely do you take heed.

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

A revelation from the Lord of the universe.

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

Had he uttered any other teachings.

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

We would have punished him.

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

We would have stopped the revelations to him.

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

None of you could have helped him.

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

This is a reminder for the righteous.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

We know; some of you are rejectors.

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

It is but sorrow for the disbelievers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

It is the absolute truth.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

Therefore, you shall glorify the name of your Lord, Most Great.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm