69. Surah Al-Haqqah The Reality

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

اَلْحَٓاقَّةُۙ

Alhaqqa

The Undeniable!

مَا الْحَٓاقَّةُۚ

Ma alhaqqa

What is the Undeniable?

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْحَٓاقَّةُۜ

Wama adraka ma alhaqqa

What will convey to you what the Undeniable is?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bilqariAAa

Thamud and ‘Ad denied the Crushing Blow.

فَاَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَاُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bittaghiya

Thamud were destroyed by the Deafening Blast.

وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهْلِكُوا بِر۪يحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehinsarsarin AAatiya

‘Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind.

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوماً فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ ف۪يهَا صَرْعٰىۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۚ

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalinwathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fataraalqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazunakhlin khawiya

Allah subjected them to it for seven whole nights and eight whole days without a break. You could see the people flattened in their homes just like the hollow stumps of uprooted palms.

فَهَلْ تَرٰى لَهُمْ مِنْ بَاقِيَةٍ

Fahal tara lahum min baqiya

Do you see any remnant of them left?

وَجَٓاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِۚ

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu walmu/tafikatubilkhati-a

Pharaoh and those before him and the Overturned Cities made a great mistake.

فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَهُمْ اَخْذَةً رَابِيَةً

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahumakhthatan rabiya

They disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord so He seized them in an ever-tightening grip.

اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الْمَٓاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِۙ

Inna lamma taghaalmao hamalnakum fee aljariya

When the waters rose We carried you in the ship

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَٓا اُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratanwataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya

to make it a reminder for you and something to be retained by retentive ears.

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌۙ

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorinafkhatun wahida

So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast,

وَحُمِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً

Wahumilati al-ardu waljibalufadukkata dakkatan wahida

and the earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed with a single blow,

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ

Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa

On that Day, the Occurrence will occur

وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَٓاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌۙ

Wanshaqqati assamaofahiya yawma-ithin wahiya

and Heaven will be split apart, for that Day it will be very frail.

وَالْمَلَكُ عَلٰٓى اَرْجَٓائِهَاۜ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌۜ

Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya

The angels will be gathered round its edge. On that Day, eight will bear the Throne of their Lord above their heads.

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفٰى مِنْكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya

On that Day you will be exposed – no concealed act you did will stay concealed.

فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَم۪ينِه۪ فَيَقُولُ هَٓاؤُ۬مُ اقْرَؤُ۫ا كِتَابِيَهْۚ

Faamma man ootiya kitabahubiyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

As for him who is given his Book in his right hand, he will say, ‘Here, come and read my Book!

اِنّ۪ي ظَنَنْتُ اَنّ۪ي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْۚ

Innee thanantu annee mulaqinhisabiyah

I counted on meeting my Reckoning. ’

فَهُوَ ف۪ي ع۪يشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍۙ

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya

He will have a very pleasant life

ف۪ي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ

Fee jannatin AAaliya

in an elevated Garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Qutoofuha daniya

its ripe fruit hanging close to hand.

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَن۪ٓيـٔاً بِمَٓا اَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْاَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ

Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimaaslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliya

‘Eat and drink with relish for what you did before in days gone by!’

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُو۫تِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِه۪ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَن۪ي لَمْ اُو۫تَ كِتَابِيَهْۚ

Waamma man ootiya kitabahubishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

But as for him who is given his Book in his left hand, he will say, ‘If only I had not been given my Book

وَلَمْ اَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْۚ

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

and had not known about my Reckoning!

يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَۚ

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya

If only death had really been the end!

مَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنّ۪ي مَالِيَهْۚ

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

My wealth has been of no use to me.

هَلَكَ عَنّ۪ي سُلْطَانِيَهْۚ

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

My power has vanished. ’

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُۙ

Khuthoohu faghullooh

‘Seize him and truss him up.

ثُمَّ الْجَح۪يمَ صَلُّوهُۙ

Thumma aljaheema sallooh

Then roast him in the Blazing Fire.

ثُمَّ ف۪ي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعاً فَاسْلُكُوهُۜ

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh

Then bind him in a chain which is seventy cubits long.

اِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ الْعَظ۪يمِۙ

Innahu kana la yu/minu billahialAAatheem

He used not to have iman in Allah the Magnificent,

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْك۪ينِۜ

Wala yahuddu AAalataAAami almiskeen

nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هٰهُنَا حَم۪يمٌۙ

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameem

Therefore here today he has no friend

وَلَا طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ غِسْل۪ينٍۙ

Wala taAAamun illamin ghisleen

nor any food except exuding pus

لَا يَأْكُلُهُٓ اِلَّا الْخَاطِؤُ۫نَ۟

La ya/kuluhu illa alkhati-oon

which no one will eat except those who were in error. ’

فَلَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَۙ

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroon

I swear both by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَۙ

Wama la tubsiroon

and what you do not see,

اِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَر۪يمٍۚ

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

that this is the word of a noble Messenger.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تُـؤْمِنُونَۙ

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirinqaleelan ma tu/minoon

It is not the word of a poet – how little iman you have!

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۜ قَل۪يلاً مَا تَذَكَّرُونَۜ

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelanma tathakkaroon

Nor the word of a fortune-teller – how little heed you pay!

تَنْز۪يلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameen

It is a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds.

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْاَقَاو۪يلِۙ

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAdaal-aqaweel

If he had made up any sayings and ascribed them to Us,

لَاَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَم۪ينِۙ

Laakhathna minhu bilyameen

We would have seized him by force,

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَت۪ينَۘ

Thumma laqataAAna minhualwateen

and then We would have cut off his life-blood

فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِز۪ينَ

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeen

and not one of you could have protected him.

وَاِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Wa-innahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeen

It is a reminder to the people with taqwa.

وَاِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ اَنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُكَذِّب۪ينَ

Wa-inna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeen

We know that some of you will deny it.

وَاِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْـكَافِر۪ينَ

Wa-innahu lahasratun AAala alkafireen

It is a cause of great distress to those who are kafir.

وَاِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَق۪ينِ

Wa-innahu lahaqqu alyaqeen

And it is undeniably the Truth of Certainty.

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظ۪يمِ

Fasabbih bismi rabbika alAAatheem

Glorify then the name of your Lord, the Magnificent.