الحاقة
The Reality
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin
So he will be in a pleasant life -
fī jannatin ʿāliyatin
In an elevated garden,
quṭūfuhā dāniyatun
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyati
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiyah
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
walam adri mā ḥisābiyah
And had not known what is my account.
yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyata
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.
mā aghnā ʿannī māliyah
My wealth has not availed me.
halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniyah
Gone from me is my authority."
khudhūhu faghullūhu
[Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūhu
Then into Hellfire drive him.
thumma fī sil'silatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-us'lukūhu
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
innahu kāna lā yu'minu bil-lahi l-ʿaẓīmi
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,
walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmun
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līnin
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūna
None will eat it except the sinners.
falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūna
So I swear by what you see
wamā lā tub'ṣirūna
And what you do not see
innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.