Al-Haqqah — The Reality

ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

Alhaqqatu

The Inevitable Reality

مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

Ma alhaqqatu

What is the Inevitable Reality

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

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

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

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun

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 بَاقِيَةٖ

Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

Then do you see of them any remains

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

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

فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

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

Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

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

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

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

Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ

Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

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

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ

Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ

Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

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

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ

Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

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

Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

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

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ

Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

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

Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

So he will be in a pleasant life

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

In an elevated garden

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ

Qutoofuha daniyatun

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ

Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

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

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi 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

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

And had not known what is my account

يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

I wish my death had been the decisive one

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

My wealth has not availed me

هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

Gone from me is my authority

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Khuthoohu faghulloohu

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

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Thumma aljaheema salloohu

Then into Hellfire drive him

ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ

Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds

لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ

La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

None will eat it except the sinners

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

Wama la tubsiroona

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

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

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember

تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

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

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

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

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ

Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

We would have seized him by the right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ

Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

Then We would have cut from him the aorta

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ

Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great