Al-Haaqqa

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ

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

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِیَةِ

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

وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِرِیحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِیَةࣲ

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

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَیَالࣲ وَثَمَـٰنِیَةَ أَیَّامٍ حُسُومࣰاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِیهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِیَةࣲ

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 بَاقِیَةࣲ

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَاۤءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ

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

فَعَصَوۡا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِیَةً

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

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ

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

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِیَهَاۤ أُذُنࣱ وَ ٰ⁠عِیَةࣱ

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

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰ⁠حِدَةࣱ

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَ ٰ⁠حِدَةࣰ

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

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ

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

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰۤ أَرۡجَاۤىِٕهَاۚ وَیَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ ثَمَـٰنِیَةࣱ

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

یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِیَةࣱ

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

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ

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

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ

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

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤـَٔۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ

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

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ

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 حِسَابِیَهۡ

And had not known what is my account.

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ

I wish my death had been the decisive one.

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ

Gone from me is my authority."

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

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

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

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

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ

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

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

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

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ

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

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِیلِ

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

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ

We would have seized him by the right hand;

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

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