Al-Haqqah

ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ١

Al-ḥāqqah.

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ٢

Mal-ḥāqqah.

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ٣

Wa mā adrāka mal-ḥāqqah.

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

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ ٤

Kadhdhabat thamūdu wa ʿādum bil-qāriʿah.

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

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥

Fa ammā thamūdu fa uhlikū biṭ-ṭāghiyah.

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ ٦

Wa ammā ʿādun fa uhlikū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyah.

And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming,¹ violent wind

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٖ ٧

Sakhkharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layāliw wa thamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūmā, fataral-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā kaʾannahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyah.

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.

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ ٨

Fahal tarā lahum mim bāqiyah.

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ٩

Wa jāʾa firʿawnu wa man qablahū wal-muʾtafikātu bil-khāṭiʾah.

And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities¹ with sin.

فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً ١٠

Faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa akhadhahum akhdhatar rābiyah.

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 ١١

Innā lammā ṭaghal-māʾu ḥamalnākum fil-jāriyah.

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship¹

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ ١٢

Linajʿalahā lakum tadhkirataw wa taʿiyahā udhunuw wāʿiyah.

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 ١٣

Fa idhā nufikha fiṣ-ṣūri nafkhatuw wāḥidah.

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ ١٤

Wa ḥumilatil-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkataw wāḥidah.

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

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١٥

Fayawmaʾidhiw waqaʿatil-wāqiʿah.

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

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ ١٦

Wanshaqqatis-samāʾu fahiya yawmaʾidhiw wāhiyah.

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.¹

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ ١٧

Wal-malaku ʿalā arjāʾihā, wa yaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaʾidhin thamāniyah.

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 ١٨

Yawmaʾidhin tuʿraḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyah.

That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.¹

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ١٩

Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnihī fayaqūlu hāʾumuqraʾū kitābiyah.

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 ٢٠

Innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah.

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٢١

Fahuwa fī ʿīshatir rāḍiyah.

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ٢٢

Fī jannatin ʿāliyah.

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ ٢٣

Quṭūfuhā dāniyah.

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ ٢٤

Kulū washrabū hanīʾam bimā aslaftum fil-ayyāmil-khāliyah.

[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth¹ in the days past."

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ٢٥

Wa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū bishimālihī 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

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ ٢٦

Wa lam adri mā ḥisābiyah.

And had not known what is my account.

يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧

Yālaytahā kānatil-qāḍiyah.

I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.¹

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ ٢٨

Mā aghnā ʿannī māliyah.

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ ٢٩

Halaka ʿannī sulṭāniyah.

Gone from me is my authority."¹

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠

Khudhūhu faghullūh.

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

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١

Thummal-jaḥīma ṣallūh.

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ٣٢

Thumma fī silsilatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan faslukūh.

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٣٣

Innahū kāna lā yuʾminu billāhil-ʿaẓīm.

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣٤

Wa lā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmil-miskīn.

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ ٣٥

Falaysa lahul-yawma hāhunā ḥamīm.

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ ٣٦

Wa lā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghislīn.

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧

Lā yaʾkuluhū illal-khāṭiʾūn.

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٨

Falā uqsimu bimā tubṣirūn.

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٩

Wa mā lā tubṣirūn.

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ٤٠

Innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm.

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤١

Wa mā huwa biqawli shāʿir, qalīlam mā tuʾminūn.

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

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢

Wa lā biqawli kāhin, qalīlam mā tadhakkarūn.

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

تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣

Tanzīlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

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

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤

Wa law taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍal-aqāwīl.

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

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ ٤٥

Laʾakhadhnā minhu bil-yamīn.

We would have seized him by the right hand;¹

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ ٤٦

Thumma laqaṭaʿnā minhul-watīn.

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.¹

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ٤٧

Famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn.

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨

Wa innahū latadhkiratul lil-muttaqīn.

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩

Wa innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhdhibīn.

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠

Wa innahū laḥasratun ʿalal-kāfirīn.

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥١

Wa innahū laḥaqqul-yaqīn.

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٥٢

Fasabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-ʿaẓīm.

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