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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The Realization - Chapter 69 | Contains 52 verses – Makka |
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الْحَاقَّةُ |
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The Reality which would surely take place (the Day of Judgment). |
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مَا الْحَاقَّةُ |
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What is that Reality? |
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ |
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And what will make you know how that Reality will be? |
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ |
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(Even far back) The Thamood and Aad people denied the News of the striking Event (of the Day of Judgment) |
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فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ |
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As for the Thamood people, they were destroyed by an awful blast (thunder-bolt) by their revolt. |
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وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ |
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And as for the Aad people, they were destroyed by a raging violent wind, |
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سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ |
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Which He (God) overwhelmed them by that for seven
nights and eight days continuously, so that you could see the people thrown around (dead), as if they were like uprooted hollow palm trees. |
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فَهَلْ تَرَى لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ |
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Do you see any remnants of them? |
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وَجَاء فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ |
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And the Pharaoh and people before him and the
cities (such as Sodom and Gomorrah) were overthrown, because they committed sins. |
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فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً |
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And they had disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord, so He seized them to a severe punishment. |
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إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاء حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ |
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Certainly (in the time of Noah) when the
water rose beyond the flood level, We carried you (people like you), in the floating ship (Ark of Noah). |
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نَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ |
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So that We made all that a (lasting) reminder, so that alert and retaining ears might keep it (in mind). |
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فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ |
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And so it will be that when the Trumpet (a massive sound) is blown with a single blast (before the Resurrection), |
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وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً |
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And the earth and all the mountains are moved and carried and crushed with a single crushing, |
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ |
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Then on that day, the Great Event shall take place. |
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وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاء فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ |
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And the sky shall break up apart and on that day, it shall be frail and loose. |
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وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَى أَرْجَائِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ |
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And the angels will be taking care of it. And eight angelic powers will carry your Lord’s Controlling Command on that Day, over and above them. |
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يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَى مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ |
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On that Day, you all will be brought to judgment, no secret of yours will be hidden. |
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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَؤُوا كِتَابِيهْ |
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Then to whom his (or her) record will be
given in his (or her) right hand, will then say: “Here it is, read my record”. |
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إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيهْ |
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“I surely believed that I will reach my account”. |
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فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ |
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So he (or she) will be in a delightful, satisfying life. |
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فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ |
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In the lofty Garden (of Paradise). |
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قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ |
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The fruits of which will be low (and easy to pick). |
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كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ |
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(They will be told:) Eat and drink at your pleasure for all that goodness you sent ahead in your days long past. |
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيهْ |
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But as for the one, whose Book of Record will
be given in his (or her) left hand, will say: “Pity on me, I whish I had not been given my record”. |
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وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيهْ |
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“And that I would never have known what my Record is about”. |
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يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ |
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“I wish that it would have been the end (of my existence)”. |
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مَا أَغْنَى عَنِّي مَالِيهْ |
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“My wealth did not help me out”. |
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هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيهْ |
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“All my power and control vanished from me”. |
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خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ |
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(The order comes:) “Seize him and put him in bondage of chains”. |
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ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ |
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“Then throw him into the blazing Fire”. |
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ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ |
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“Then put him in chain of seventy cubits (meters) length, to keep him fastened”. |
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انَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ |
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He really would not believe in the Great God. |
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وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ |
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And would not care or encourage feeding of the needy. |
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فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ |
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So on this Day, he has no friend in here. |
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وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ |
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And no food except filth and trash, like washing fluids of wounds. |
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لَا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِؤُونَ |
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Which only the sinners-disbelieves eat. |
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فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ |
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So I do not swear on what you see, |
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وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ |
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And what you can not see (God does not need to swear, since He always tells the truth and must believe Him). |
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إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ |
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(But know that) Truly this (the Quran) is the Word of an honored Messenger (Gabriel to Muhammad, the Messenger of God). |
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَا تُؤْمِنُونَ |
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It is not the word of some poet; so little is what you believe. |
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وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ |
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Nor is it the word of a foreteller, little is what you reflect. |
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تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
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This is the Revelation from the Lord of the worlds and the Lord of all that exist. |
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وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ |
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And if he (Muhammad) had forged any sayings in Our Name, |
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لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ |
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We would surely had seized him by the right hand (of Our Power). |
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ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ |
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And We would then certainly had cut off his aorta. |
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فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ |
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Then not a single one of you could have withheld his punishment. |
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وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ |
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And certainly it (the Quran) is a Reminder for God-conscious, pious persons. |
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وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ |
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And of course We know that among you, there are those who reject it and call it lies. |
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وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ |
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And that it is in fact a cause of anguish to the unbelievers. |
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وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ |
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It is indeed the absolute certain Truth. |
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فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ |
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So praise the Name of your Lord, the Most Great. |
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