Al-Haaqqa

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Transliteration: Alhaqqatu

The Inevitable Reality

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Transliteration: Ma alhaqqatu

What is the Inevitable Reality

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Transliteration: Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

Transliteration: Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Transliteration: Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

Transliteration: Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

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

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

Transliteration: Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun

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 بَاقِيَةٍ

Transliteration: Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

Then do you see of them any remains

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

Transliteration: Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

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

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

Transliteration: FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

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

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

Transliteration: Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

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

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

Transliteration: LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

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

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

Transliteration: Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

Transliteration: Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

Transliteration: Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

Transliteration: Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

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

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ

Transliteration: Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

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

Transliteration: Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Transliteration: Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

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

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

Transliteration: Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

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

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

Transliteration: Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

So he will be in a pleasant life

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Transliteration: Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

In an elevated garden

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Transliteration: Qutoofuha daniyatun

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

Transliteration: Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

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

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Transliteration: Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota 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

Transliteration: Walam adri ma hisabiyah

And had not known what is my account

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

Transliteration: Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

I wish my death had been the decisive one

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

Transliteration: Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

My wealth has not availed me

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

Transliteration: Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

Gone from me is my authority

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Transliteration: Khuthoohu faghulloohu

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

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Transliteration: Thumma aljaheema salloohu

Then into Hellfire drive him

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

Transliteration: Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration: Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Transliteration: Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

Transliteration: Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

Transliteration: Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

Transliteration: La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

None will eat it except the sinners

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration: Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Transliteration: Wama la tubsiroona

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Transliteration: Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration: Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

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

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration: Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration: Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

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

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

Transliteration: Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

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

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

Transliteration: Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

We would have seized him by the right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

Transliteration: Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

Then We would have cut from him the aorta

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ

Transliteration: Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Transliteration: Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

Transliteration: Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Transliteration: Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Transliteration: Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Transliteration: Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great