Al-Haqqah الحاقة

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَاقَّةُ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim al-haqqah

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا الْحَاقَّةُ

ma al-haqqah

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ

wa-ma adraka ma al-haqqah

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ

kadhdhabat thamudu wa-'adun bil-qari'ah

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

fa-amma thamud fa-uhliku bi-ath-taghiyat

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

wa-amma 'adun fa-uhliku bi-rihin sarcarin 'atiyah

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

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

sakhkharaha 'alayhim sab' layalin wa-thamaniyata ayyamin husuman fa-tara al-qawma fiha sar'a ka'annahum a'jaz nakhlin khawiyah

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 مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ

fa-hal tara lahum min baqiyah

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ

wa-ja'a fir'awnu wa-man qablahu wal-mu'tafikat bil-khati'ah

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

فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

fa-'asaw rasul rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdat rabiya

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

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ

inna lamma tagha al-ma'u hamalnakum fi al-jariyah

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

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ

li-naj'alaha lakum tadhkirah wa-ta'iyaha udhun wafiyyah

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

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

fa-idha nufikha fi as-sur nafkhatun wahida

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً

wa-humilat al-ard wa-al-jibal fa-dukkata dakkatan wahidatan

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ

fa-yawma'idhin waqa'at al-waqi'ah

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

wa-inshaqqat as-sama' fa-hiya yawma'idhin wahiya

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

وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ

wal-malaku 'ala arja'iha wa-yahmilu 'arsh rabbaka fawqahum yawma'idhin thamaniya

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

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

yawma'idhin tu'radun la takhfa minkum khafiya

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ

fa-amma man utiya kitabah bi-yaminih fa-yaqul ha'umu iqra'u kitabiyah

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

إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

inni zanann anni mulaqin hisabiyah

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

fa-huwa fi 'ishah radiyah

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

fi jannat 'aliyat

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

qutufuha daniyah

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ

kulu wa-shrabu hani'an bima aslaftum fi al-ayyam al-khalih

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

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ

wa-amma man utiya kitabah bi-shimalihi fa-yaqulu ya laytani lam uta 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

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

wa-lam adri ma hisabiyah

And had not known what is my account.

يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ

ya laytaha kanat al-qadiyah

I wish my death had been the decisive one.

مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ

ma aghna 'anni maliyah

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ

halaka 'anni sultaniyah

Gone from me is my authority."

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

khudhuh fa-ghulluh

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

ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

thumma al-jahim salluh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ

thumma fi silsilat dhar'uha sab'un dhiraa fa-aslukuhu

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

إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

innahu kana la yu'min bi-llah al-'azim

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

wa la yahuddu 'ala ta'am al-miskin

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

fa-laysa lahu al-yawma hahuna hamim

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

wa-la ta'am illa min ghaslin

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ

la ya'kuluhu illa al-khati'un

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

fa-la uqsimu bima tubsirun

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

wa ma la tubsirun

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

innahu la-qawl rasul karim

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

wa-ma huwa bi-qawl sha'ir qalilan ma tu'minun

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

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

wa la biqawl kahin qalila ma tadhakkarun

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

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

tanzil min rabb al-'alamin

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

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ

wa-law taqawwala 'alayna ba'd al-aqawil

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

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ

la-akhadhnahu minhu bil-yamin

We would have seized him by the right hand;

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ

thumma laqata'na minhu al-watin

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ

fa-ma minkum min ahad 'anhu hajizin

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

وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

wa-innahu la-tadhkiratun lil-muttaqin

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

wa-inna la-na'lamu anna minkum mukadhdhibin

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ

wa-innahu la-hasratun 'ala al-kafirin

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

وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ

wa-innahu la-haqq al-yaqin

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ

fa-sabbih bism rabb al-'azim

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