Al-Ĥāqqah

69:1 · page 566

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

The Inevitable Reality -

69:2 · page 566

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

What is the Inevitable Reality?

69:3 · page 566

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

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

69:4 · page 566

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

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

69:5 · page 566

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

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

69:6 · page 566

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

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

69:7 · page 566

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

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.

69:8 · page 566

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

Then do you see of them any remains?

69:9 · page 567

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

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

69:10 · page 567

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

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

69:11 · page 567

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

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

69:12 · page 567

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

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

69:13 · page 567

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

69:14 · page 567

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

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

69:15 · page 567

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

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

69:16 · page 567

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

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

69:17 · page 567

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ

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

69:18 · page 567

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

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

69:19 · page 567

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

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

69:20 · page 567

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

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

69:21 · page 567

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

So he will be in a pleasant life -

69:22 · page 567

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

In an elevated garden,

69:23 · page 567

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

69:24 · page 567

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

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

69:25 · page 567

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

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

69:26 · page 567

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

And had not known what is my account.

69:27 · page 567

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

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

69:28 · page 567

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

My wealth has not availed me.

69:29 · page 567

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

Gone from me is my authority."

69:30 · page 567

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

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

69:31 · page 567

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Then into Hellfire drive him.

69:32 · page 567

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

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

69:33 · page 567

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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

69:34 · page 567

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

69:35 · page 568

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

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

69:36 · page 568

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

69:37 · page 568

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

None will eat it except the sinners.

69:38 · page 568

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

So I swear by what you see

69:39 · page 568

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

And what you do not see

69:40 · page 568

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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

69:41 · page 568

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

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

69:42 · page 568

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

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

69:43 · page 568

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

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

69:44 · page 568

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

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

69:45 · page 568

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

We would have seized him by the right hand;

69:46 · page 568

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

69:47 · page 568

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ

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

69:48 · page 568

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

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

69:49 · page 568

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

69:50 · page 568

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

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

69:51 · page 568

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

69:52 · page 568

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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