Al-Haqqah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

The Reality

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

What is the Reality

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

Then, on that day will the Event befall

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ

And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

Then he will be in blissful state

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

In a high garden

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Whereof the clusters are in easy reach

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

And knew not what my reckoning

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

Oh, would that it had been death

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

My wealth hath not availed me

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

My power hath gone from me

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

(It will be said): Take him and fetter him

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

And then expose him to hell-fire

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

And urged not on the feeding of the wretched

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

Therefor hath he no lover here this day

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

Nor any food save filth

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

Which none but sinners eat

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

But nay! I swear by all that ye see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

And all that ye see not

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

And then severed his life-artery

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ

And not one of you could have held Us off from him

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil)

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it)

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

And lo! it is absolute truth

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord