Surah Al-Haqqah · The Reality

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ۝١

al-ḥāqah

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ۝٢

mā l-ḥāqah

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ۝٣

wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqah

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ۝٤

kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿah

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

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ۝٥

fa-ammā thamūdu fa-uh'likū bil-ṭāghiyah

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ۝٦

wa-ammā ʿādun fa-uh'likū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyah

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

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ ۝٧

sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum 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.

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ ۝٨

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyah

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ ۝٩

wajāa fir'ʿawnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi-ah

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

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً ۝١٠

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyah

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 ۝١١

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyah

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

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ ۝١٢

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyah

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 ۝١٣

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidah

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ۝١٤

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidah

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿah

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

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ۝١٦

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyah

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

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ ۝١٧

wal-malaku ʿalā arjāihā wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyah

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 ۝١٨

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyah

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ۝١٩

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāumu iq'raū kitābiyah

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 ۝٢٠

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah

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

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ۝٢١

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyah

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ۝٢٢

fī jannatin ʿāliyah

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ ۝٢٣

quṭūfuhā dāniyah

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ ۝٢٤

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyah

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

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ۝٢٥

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi 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

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ ۝٢٦

walam adri mā ḥisābiyah

And had not known what is my account.

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ۝٢٧

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyah

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

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ ۝٢٨

mā aghnā ʿannī māliyah

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ ۝٢٩

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniyah

Gone from me is my authority."

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

khudhūhu faghullūh

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

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

thumma fī sil'silatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-us'lukūh

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٣٣

innahu kāna lā yu'minu bil-lahi l-ʿaẓīm

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ۝٣٤

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīn

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ ۝٣٥

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīm

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ ۝٣٦

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līn

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ ۝٣٧

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūn

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūn

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝٣٩

wamā lā tub'ṣirūn

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ۝٤٠

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīm

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٤١

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūn

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

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn

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

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ۝٤٣

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīn

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

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ ۝٤٤

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

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

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٤٥

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīn

We would have seized him by the right hand;

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ۝٤٦

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīn

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ ۝٤٧

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ۝٤٨

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīn

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ۝٤٩

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīn

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ۝٥٠

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīn

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ۝٥١

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٥٢

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

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