The Inevitable Hour (Al-Haqqah)
Verses 19-37 GROUP_1516 69.19-37
19
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَؤُوا كِتَابِيهْ
Then he who is given his record in his right hand will exclaim, ‘Here is my record, read it.
20
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيهْ
Surely, I knew that I should meet my reckoning,’
21
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
so he will live in a state of Bliss
22
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
in a lofty garden,
23
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
with clusters of fruit within easy reach.
24
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
We shall say to him, ‘Eat and drink joyfully as a reward for the good deeds you did in days gone by.’
25
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيهْ
But he who is given his record in his left hand will say, ‘If only I had never been given my Record
26
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيهْ
and knew nothing of my reckoning.
27
يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
How I wish my death had ended all.
28
مَا أَغْنَى عَنِّي مَالِيهْ
My wealth has been of no use to me.
29
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيهْ
I am bereft of power.’
30
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Seize him and fetter him,
31
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
and then let him enter Hell.
32
ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
Then fasten him with a chain seventy cubits long:
33
إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
for he did not believe in Almighty God,
34
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
nor did he feel any urge to feed the needy,
35
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
so today he has no friend here,
36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
and the only food he has is filth
37
لَا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِؤُونَ
which no one will eat except the sinners.
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Commentary
(a) In the world of the Hereafter, success is the fate of one who in the present world never ceases to fear God, whereas one who lives his life in this world without such fear and is arrogant towards the subjects of God will be affected with the severest punishment in the Hereafter.