الحاقة

Al-Haaqqa

The Reality

Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

69:1

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Al haaaqqah
The indubitable event!

69:2

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Mal haaaqqah
And what is that indubitable event?

69:3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah
And what do you know what that indubitable event is?

69:4

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah
The Thamud and the Ad denied the (possibility of a) sudden calamity, calling it false.

69:5

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah
Then the Thamud were destroyed by an awesome upheaval;

69:6

وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ
Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah
and the Ad were destroyed by a furiously raging wind-storm

69:7

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 He let loose upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession; so that (if you had been there) you might have seen people lying prostrate, as though they were uprooted trunks of hollowed palm trees.

69:8

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ
Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah
Do you now see any trace of them?

69:9

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah
Pharaoh and those before him and the people of the overturned habitations all engaged in the same great sin.

69:10

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً
Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah
They did not follow the Messenger of their Lord, and so He seized them with a severe grip.

69:11

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah
Verily when the water rose to great heights, We bore you upon a floating vessel (i.e. the Ark)

69:12

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ
Linaj'alahaa lakum tazki ratanw-wa ta'iyahaa unzununw waa'iyah
so that We might make it an instructive event for you, and retentive ears might preserve its memory.

69:13

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah
So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast

69:14

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ
Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah
and the earth and the mountains are carried aloft and are crushed to bits at one stroke,

69:15

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah
on that Day shall that indubitable event come to pass;

69:16

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ
Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah
when the sky will be rent asunder, the grip holding it together having loosened on that Day,

69:17

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 will stand on the sides, with eight of them bearing aloft the Throne of your Lord on that Day.

69:18

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ
Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah
That will be the Day when you shall be brought forth (before Allah) and no secret of yours shall remain hidden.

69:19

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenihee fa yaqoolu haaa'umuq ra'oo kitaabiyah
On that Day, he whose Record is given to him in his right hand will say: “Lo! Read my Record!

69:20

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah
Verily I was sure that I would be handed over my account.”

69:21

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah
Then he shall find himself in a life of bliss;

69:22

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah
in a lofty Garden

69:23

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ
Qutoofuhaa daaniyah
the clusters of whose fruit will be hanging low to be within reach (of the inmates of Paradise).

69:24

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
Kuloo washraboo haneee'am bimaaa aslaftum fil ayyaamil khaliyah
(They will be told): “Eat and drink with good cheer as a reward for the good deeds you did in the days that have passed by.”

69:25

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah
As for him whose Record will be given to him in his left hand, he will exclaim: “Would that I had never been given my Record,

69:26

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah
and had not known my account.

69:27

يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah
Oh! Would that the death that came to me in the world had made an end of me!

69:28

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah
My riches have not availed me,

69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah
and my authority has vanished.”

69:30

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Khuzoohu faghullooh
(A command will be issued): “Seize him and shackle him,
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