Al-Haqqah

اَلۡحَـآقَّةُ ۙ‏

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا الۡحَـآقَّةُ​ ۚ‏

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡحَــآقَّةُ ؕ‏

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

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ وَعَادٌۢ بِالۡقَارِعَةِ‏

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

فَاَمَّا ثَمُوۡدُ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ‏

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

وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِرِيۡحٍ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ‏

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

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوۡمًا ۙ فَتَرَى الۡقَوۡمَ فِيۡهَا صَرۡعٰىۙ كَاَنَّهُمۡ اَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ​ ۚ‏

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 تَرٰى لَهُمۡ مِّنۡۢ بَاقِيَةٍ‏

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَنۡ قَبۡلَهٗ وَالۡمُؤۡتَفِكٰتُ بِالۡخَـاطِئَةِ​ۚ‏

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

فَعَصَوۡا رَسُوۡلَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَاَخَذَهُمۡ اَخۡذَةً رَّابِيَةً‏

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

اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنٰكُمۡ فِى الۡجَارِيَةِ ۙ‏

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

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَـكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةً وَّتَعِيَهَاۤ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِيَةٌ‏

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

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِى الصُّوۡرِ نَفۡخَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۙ‏

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ الۡاَرۡضُ وَ الۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَّاحِدَةً ۙ‏

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

فَيَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ وَّقَعَتِ الۡوَاقِعَةُ ۙ‏

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

وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ وَّاهِيَةٌ ۙ‏

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

وَّالۡمَلَكُ عَلٰٓى اَرۡجَآٮِٕهَا ​ؕ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ ثَمٰنِيَةٌ ؕ‏

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

يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ تُعۡرَضُوۡنَ لَا تَخۡفٰى مِنۡكُمۡ خَافِيَةٌ‏

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

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِىَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيۡنِهٖۙ فَيَقُوۡلُ هَآؤُمُ اقۡرَءُوۡا كِتٰبِيَهۡ​ۚ‏

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

اِنِّىۡ ظَنَنۡتُ اَنِّىۡ مُلٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ​ۚ‏

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

فَهُوَ فِىۡ عِيۡشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍۙ‏

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِىۡ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ‏

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوۡفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ‏

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُوۡا وَاشۡرَبُوۡا هَنِيۡٓـــًٔا ۢ بِمَاۤ اَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِى الۡاَيَّامِ الۡخَـالِيَةِ‏ 

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

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِىَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِشِمَالِهٖ  ۙ فَيَقُوۡلُ يٰلَيۡتَنِىۡ لَمۡ اُوۡتَ كِتٰبِيَهۡ​ۚ‏

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 اَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ​ۚ‏

And had not known what is my account.

يٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ الۡقَاضِيَةَ​ ۚ‏

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

مَاۤ اَغۡنٰى عَنِّىۡ مَالِيَهۡۚ‏

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّىۡ سُلۡطٰنِيَهۡ​ۚ‏

Gone from me is my authority."1

خُذُوۡهُ فَغُلُّوۡهُ ۙ‏

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

ثُمَّ الۡجَحِيۡمَ صَلُّوۡهُ ۙ‏

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِىۡ سِلۡسِلَةٍ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُوۡنَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسۡلُكُوۡهُ ؕ‏

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

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ الۡعَظِيۡمِۙ‏

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الۡمِسۡكِيۡنِؕ‏

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيۡسَ لَـهُ الۡيَوۡمَ هٰهُنَا حَمِيۡمٌۙ‏

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

وَّلَا طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِيۡنٍۙ‏

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَاۡكُلُهٗۤ اِلَّا الۡخٰطِئُوْنَ‏

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَۙ‏

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَۙ‏

And what you do not see

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُوۡلٍ كَرِيۡمٍۚ ۙ‏

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

وَّمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٍ​ؕ قَلِيۡلًا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُوۡنَۙ‏

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

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٍ​ؕ قَلِيۡلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوۡنَؕ‏

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

تَنۡزِيۡلٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ‏

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

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ الۡاَقَاوِيۡلِۙ‏

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

لَاَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِالۡيَمِيۡنِۙ‏

We would have seized him by the right hand;1

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ الۡوَتِيۡنَ  ۖ‏

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.1

فَمَا مِنۡكُمۡ مِّنۡ اَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَاجِزِيۡنَ‏

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

وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَذۡكِرَةٌ لِّلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ‏

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

وَاِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ اَنَّ مِنۡكُمۡ مُّكَذِّبِيۡنَ‏

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ‏

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

 وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَـقُّ الۡيَقِيۡنِ‏

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِاسۡمِ رَبِّكَ الۡعَظِيۡمِ‏

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