Surah Al-Haqqah

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ١

   69:1

   al-ḥāqatu

   The Inevitable Reality -

2. مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ٢

   69:2

   mā l-ḥāqatu

   What is the Inevitable Reality?

3. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ٣

   69:3

   wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqatu

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

4. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ٤

   69:4

   kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿati

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

5. فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ٥

   69:5

   fa-ammā thamūdu fa-uh'likū bil-ṭāghiyati

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

6. وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ٦

   69:6

   wa-ammā ʿādun fa-uh'likū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyatin

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

7. سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٖ٧

   69:7

   sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyatin

   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.

8. فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ٨

   69:8

   fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyatin

   Then do you see of them any remains?

9. وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ٩

   69:9

   wajāa fir'ʿawnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi-ati

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

10. فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً١٠

    69:10

    faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyatan

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

11. إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ١١

    69:11

    innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyati

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

12. لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ١٢

    69:12

    linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatun

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

13. فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ١٣

    69:13

    fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatun

    Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

14. وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ١٤

    69:14

    waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidatan

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

15. فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ١٥

    69:15

    fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

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

16. وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ١٦

    69:16

    wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatun

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

17. وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ١٧

    69:17

    wal-malaku ʿalā arjāihā wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyatun

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

18. يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةٞ١٨

    69:18

    yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatun

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

19. فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ١٩

    69:19

    fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāumu iq'raū kitābiyah

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

20. إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ٢٠

    69:20

    innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah

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

21. فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ٢١

    69:21

    fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin

    So he will be in a pleasant life -

22. فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ٢٢

    69:22

    fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

    In an elevated garden,

23. قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ٢٣

    69:23

    quṭūfuhā dāniyatun

    Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

24. كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ٢٤

    69:24

    kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyati

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

25. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ٢٥

    69:25

    wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiyah

    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

26. وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ٢٦

    69:26

    walam adri mā ḥisābiyah

    And had not known what is my account.

27. يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ٢٧

    69:27

    yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyata

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

28. مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ٢٨

    69:28

    mā aghnā ʿannī māliyah

    My wealth has not availed me.

29. هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ٢٩

    69:29

    halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniyah

    Gone from me is my authority."

30. خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ٣٠

    69:30

    khudhūhu faghullūhu

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

31. ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ٣١

    69:31

    thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūhu

    Then into Hellfire drive him.

32. ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ٣٢

    69:32

    thumma fī sil'silatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-us'lukūhu

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

33. إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ٣٣

    69:33

    innahu kāna lā yu'minu bil-lahi l-ʿaẓīmi

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

34. وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ٣٤

    69:34

    walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

    Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

35. فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ٣٥

    69:35

    falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmun

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

36. وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ٣٦

    69:36

    walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līnin

    Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

37. لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ٣٧

    69:37

    lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūna

    None will eat it except the sinners.

38. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ٣٨

    69:38

    falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūna

    So I swear by what you see

39. وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ٣٩

    69:39

    wamā lā tub'ṣirūna

    And what you do not see

40. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ٤٠

    69:40

    innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin

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

41. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ٤١

    69:41

    wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūna

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

42. وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ٤٢

    69:42

    walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūna

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

43. تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٤٣

    69:43

    tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

44. وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ٤٤

    69:44

    walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīli

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

45. لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ٤٥

    69:45

    la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīni

    We would have seized him by the right hand;

46. ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ٤٦

    69:46

    thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīna

    Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

47. فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ٤٧

    69:47

    famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīna

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

48. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ٤٨

    69:48

    wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīna

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

49. وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ٤٩

    69:49

    wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīna

    And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

50. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ٥٠

    69:50

    wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīna

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

51. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ٥١

    69:51

    wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīni

    And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

52. فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ٥٢

    69:52

    fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi

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