Al-Haqqah

الحاقة

The Reality • 52 Ayahs

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Alhaqqa

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Ma alhaqqa

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Wama adraka ma alhaqqa

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bilqariAAa

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

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bittaghiya

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehinsarsarin AAatiya

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

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

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalinwathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fataraalqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazunakhlin khawiya

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.

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

Fahal tara lahum min baqiya

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu walmu/tafikatubilkhati-a

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

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahumakhthatan rabiya

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

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

Inna lamma taghaalmao hamalnakum fee aljariya

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

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratanwataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya

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

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorinafkhatun wahida

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

Wahumilati al-ardu waljibalufadukkata dakkatan wahida

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa

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

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

Wanshaqqati assamaofahiya yawma-ithin wahiya

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

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ

Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya

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

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Faamma man ootiya kitabahubiyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

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

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

Innee thanantu annee mulaqinhisabiyah

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

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Fee jannatin AAaliya

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Qutoofuha daniya

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimaaslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliya

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

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Waamma man ootiya kitabahubishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

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

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

And had not known what is my account.

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya

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

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

Gone from me is my authority."¹

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Khuthoohu faghullooh

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

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Thumma aljaheema sallooh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Innahu kana la yu/minu billahialAAatheem

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wala yahuddu AAalataAAami almiskeen

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameem

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

Wala taAAamun illamin ghisleen

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

La ya/kuluhu illa alkhati-oon

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroon

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Wama la tubsiroon

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirinqaleelan ma tu/minoon

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

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelanma tathakkaroon

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

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameen

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

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAdaal-aqaweel

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

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

Laakhathna minhu bilyameen

We would have seized him by the right hand;¹

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

Thumma laqataAAna minhualwateen

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.¹

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeen

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Wa-innahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeen

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

Wa-inna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeen

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Wa-innahu lahasratun AAala alkafireen

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Wa-innahu lahaqqu alyaqeen

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Fasabbih bismi rabbika alAAatheem

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

Translation: Sahih International