Al-Haqqah

ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ﴿1﴾

The Inevitable Reality

مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ﴿2﴾

What is the Inevitable Reality

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ﴿3﴾

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ﴿4﴾

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ﴿5﴾

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ﴿6﴾

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

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٖ﴿7﴾

Which Allah 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

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ﴿8﴾

Then do you see of them any remains

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ﴿9﴾

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

فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً﴿10﴾

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

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ﴿11﴾

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ﴿12﴾

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

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ﴿13﴾

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ﴿14﴾

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ﴿15﴾

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ﴿16﴾

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

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ﴿17﴾

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

يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةٞ﴿18﴾

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

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ﴿19﴾

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

إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ﴿20﴾

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ﴿21﴾

So he will be in a pleasant life

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ﴿22﴾

In an elevated garden

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ﴿23﴾

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ﴿24﴾

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

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ﴿25﴾

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

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ﴿26﴾

And had not known what is my account

يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ﴿27﴾

I wish my death had been the decisive one

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ﴿28﴾

My wealth has not availed me

هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ﴿29﴾

Gone from me is my authority

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ﴿30﴾

[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ﴿31﴾

Then into Hellfire drive him

ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ﴿32﴾

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ﴿33﴾

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ﴿34﴾

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ﴿35﴾

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ﴿36﴾

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds

لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ﴿37﴾

None will eat it except the sinners

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ﴿38﴾

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ﴿39﴾

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ﴿40﴾

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿41﴾

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

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿42﴾

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember

تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿43﴾

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

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ﴿44﴾

And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ﴿45﴾

We would have seized him by the right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ﴿46﴾

Then We would have cut from him the aorta

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ﴿47﴾

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿48﴾

And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ﴿49﴾

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿50﴾

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ﴿51﴾

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ﴿52﴾

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great