Surah Al-Haqqah الحاقة

ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ١

Al-hāqqah

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ٢

Mal-hāqqah

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ٣

Wamā adrāka mal-hāqqah

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

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ ٤

Kaddhabat thamūdu wa'ādu bil-qāri'ah

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

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥

Fa ammā thamūdu fa uhlikū bit-tāghiyah

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ ٦

Wa ammā 'ādun fa uhlikū birīhin sarsarin 'ātiyah

And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming,¹⁷³⁷ violent wind

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

Sakkharahā 'alayhim sab'a layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin husūman fataral-qawma fīhā sar'ā ka annahum a'jāzu 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

Wajā'a fir'awnu waman qablahū wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāti'ah

And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities¹⁷³⁸ with sin.

فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً ١٠

Fa'asaw 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 taghal-mā'u hamalnākum fil-jāriyah

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship¹⁷³⁹

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ ١٢

Linaj'alahā lakum tadhkiratan wata'iyahā udhunun wā'iyah

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 fis-sūri nafkhatun wāhidah

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ ١٤

Wahumilatil-ardu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāhidah

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

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١٥

Fayawma'idhin waqa'atil-wāqi'ah

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

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ ١٦

Wanshaqqatis-samā'u fahiya yawma'idhin wāhiyah

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.¹⁷⁴⁰

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ ١٧

Wal-malaku 'alā arjā'ihā wayahmilu 'arsha 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].

يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةٞ ١٨

Yawma'idhin tu'radūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyah

That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.¹⁷⁴¹

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ١٩

Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnihī fayaqūlu hā'umuqra'ū 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 zanantu annī mulāqin hisābiyah

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٢١

Fahuwa fī 'īshatir rādiyah

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ٢٢

Fī jannatin 'āliyah

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ ٢٣

Qutūfuhā dāniyah

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ ٢٤

Kulū washrabū hanī'ā bimā aslaftum fil-ayyāmil-khāliyah

[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth¹⁷⁴² 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

Walam adri mā hisābiyah

And had not known what is my account.

يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧

Yālaytahā kānatil-qādiyah

I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.¹⁷⁴³

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ ٢٨

Mā aghnā 'annī māliyah

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ ٢٩

Halaka 'annī sultāniyah

Gone from me is my authority."¹⁷⁴⁴

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠

Khudhūhu faghullūh

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

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١

Thummal-jahīma sallūh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ٣٢

Thumma fī silsilatin dhar'uhā sab'ūna dhirā'an faslukūh

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٣٣

Innahū kāna lā yu'minu billāhil-'azīm

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣٤

Walā yahuddu 'alā ta'āmil-miskīn

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ ٣٥

Falaysa lahul-yawma hāhunā hamīm

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ ٣٦

Walā ta'āmun illā min ghislīn

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧

Llā ya'kuluhū illal-khāti'ūn

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٨

Falā uqsimu bimā tubsirūn

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٩

Wamā lā tubsirūn

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

Wamā huwa biqawli shā'irin qalīlam mā tu'minūn

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

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢

Walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlam mā tadhakkarūn

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

تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣

Tanzīlum mir rabbil-'ālamīn

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

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤

Walaw taqawwala 'alaynā ba'dal-aqāwīl

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

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ ٤٥

La akhadhnā minhu bil-yamīn

We would have seized him by the right hand;¹⁷⁴⁵

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ ٤٦

Thumma laqata'nā minhul-watīn

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.¹⁷⁴⁶

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ٤٧

Famā minkum min ahadin 'anhu hājizīn

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 lana'lamu anna minkum mukaddhibīn

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠

Wa innahū lahasratun 'alal-kāfirīn

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥١

Wa innahū lahaqqul-yaqīn

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٥٢

Fasabbih bismi rabbikal-'azīm

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