Al-Haaqqa — The Reality

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Al haaaqqah

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Mal haaaqqah

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ

Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah

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

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ

Sakhkharahaa 'alaihim sab'a la yaalinw wa samaaniyata ayyaamin husooman fataral qawma feehaa sar'aa ka annahum a'jaazu nakhlin khaawiyah

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.

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ

Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah

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

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً

Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah

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

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah

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

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ

Linaj'alahaa lakum tazki ratanw-wa ta'iyahaa unzununw waa'iyah

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

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ

Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ

Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah

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

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌۭ

Wal malaku 'alaaa arjaaa'ihaa; wa yahmilu 'Arsha Rabbika fawqahum yawma'izin samaaniyah

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

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ

Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenihee fa yaqoolu haaa'umuq ra'oo kitaabiyah

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

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah

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

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ

Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ

Qutoofuhaa daaniyah

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

Kuloo washraboo haneee'am bimaaa aslaftum fil ayyaamil khaliyah

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

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah

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

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah

And had not known what is my account.

يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah

I wish my death had been the decisive one.

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ

Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah

Gone from me is my authority."

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Khuzoohu faghullooh

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

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Summal Jaheema sallooh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

Summa fee silsilatin zar'uhaa sab'oona ziraa'an faslukooh

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Innahoo kaana laa yu'minubillaahil 'Azeem

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

wa laa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aamil miskeen

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ

Falaysa lahul yawma haahunaa hameem

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ

Wa laa ta'aamun illaa min ghisleen

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ

Laa yaakuluhooo illal khati'oon

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Falaaa uqsimu bimaa tubsiroon

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Wa maa laa tubsiroon

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

Innahoo laqawlu Rasoolin kareem

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

Wa ma huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelam maa tu'minoon

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

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Wa laa biqawli kaahin; qaleelam maa tazakkaroon

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

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Tanzeelum mir rabbil 'aalameen

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

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

Wa law taqawwala 'alainaa ba'dal aqaaweel

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

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

La-akhaznaa minhu bilyameen

We would have seized him by the right hand;

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

Summa laqata'naa minhul wateen

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

Famaa minkum min ahadin'anhu haajizeen

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Wa innahoo latazkiratul lilmuttaqeen

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

Wa inna lana'lamu anna minkum mukazzibeen

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Wa innahu lahasratun 'alal kaafireen

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Wa innahoo lahaqqul yaqeen

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Fasbbih bismi Rabbikal 'Azeem

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