Al-Haaqqa
سُورَةُ الحَاقَّةِ
The Reality
**In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful** The blessed Chapter, revealed in Mecca, has 52 Verses. The designation of the Chapter derives from the opening Verse denoting the inevitable. The blessed Chapter mainly treats of Resurrection, its attributes, and three designations of it, the Inevitable (al-haqqa), the Striking Hour (al-qari‘a), and the Event (al-waqi‘a), and those of the Hell, the Paradise, and the people of the Hell.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Al haaaqqah
THE CONCRETE REALITY.
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Mal haaaqqah
What is the concrete reality?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah
What do you comprehend by the concrete reality?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah
The Thamud and 'Ad denied the consequential calamity.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah
So destroyed were the Thamud by a storm of thunder and lightning;
وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ
Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah
And the 'Ad were destroyed by the furious cold blast of roaring wind
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 sent to assail them for seven nights and eight days running. You should have seen the people prostrate like the decayed trunks of date-palm trees.
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ
Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah
Do you see any trace of them?
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah
Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes.
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً
Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah
When they disobeyed the apostle of their Lord He seized them with an overwhelming punishment.
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah
When the water rose in flood, We bore you in the ark,
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ
Linaj'alahaa lakum tazki ratanw-wa ta'iyahaa unzununw waa'iyah
In order to make it a warning for you, and that the ear retentive may preserve it.
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah
When the single blast is sounded on the trumpet,
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ
Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah
And the earth and mountains heaved and crushed to powder with one levelling blow,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah
On that Day will come what is to come.
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ
Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah
The sky will cleave asunder on that day and fall to pieces.
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌۭ
Wal malaku 'alaaa arjaaa'ihaa; wa yahmilu 'Arsha Rabbika fawqahum yawma'izin samaaniyah
On its fringes will be angels, eight of them, bearing their Lord's throne aloft.
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ
Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah
You will then be set before Him, and not one of you will remain unexposed.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenihee fa yaqoolu haaa'umuq ra'oo kitaabiyah
He who is given his ledger in his right hand, will say: "Here, read my ledger.
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah
I was certain I'll be given my account."
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah
So he shall have an agreeable life
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah
In high empyrean
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ
Qutoofuhaa daaniyah
With fruits hanging low within reach,
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
Kuloo washraboo haneee'am bimaaa aslaftum fil ayyaamil khaliyah
(And told:) "Eat and drink to your fill as reward for (good) deeds you had done in days of yore."
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah
But whosoever gets his ledger in his left hand, will say: "Would that I were never given my ledger,
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah
And not known my account!
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah
I wish death had put an end to me.
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah
Of no use was even my wealth.
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah
Vanished has my power from me."
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Khuzoohu faghullooh
"Seize him and manacle him,
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Summal Jaheema sallooh
Then cast him to be burnt in Hell;
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Summa fee silsilatin zar'uhaa sab'oona ziraa'an faslukooh
And string him to a chain seventy cubits long.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Innahoo kaana laa yu'minubillaahil 'Azeem
He did not believe in God the supreme,
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
wa laa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aamil miskeen
Nor urged others to feed the poor.
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ
Falaysa lahul yawma haahunaa hameem
That is why he has no friend today,
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ
Wa laa ta'aamun illaa min ghisleen
Nor food other than suppuration (filth)
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
Laa yaakuluhooo illal khati'oon
Which none but the hellish eat."
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Falaaa uqsimu bimaa tubsiroon
So, I call to witness what you see
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wa maa laa tubsiroon
And what you do not see,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
Innahoo laqawlu Rasoolin kareem
That this is indeed the word of the noble Messenger,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Wa ma huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelam maa tu'minoon
And not the word of a poet. How little is it that you believe!
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Wa laa biqawli kaahin; qaleelam maa tazakkaroon
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little is it that you reflect!
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Tanzeelum mir rabbil 'aalameen
It has been sent down by the Lord of all the worlds.
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
Wa law taqawwala 'alainaa ba'dal aqaaweel
Had he attributed falsely any words to Us,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
La-akhaznaa minhu bilyameen
We would have seized him by his right hand,
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
Summa laqata'naa minhul wateen
Then cut off his aorta,
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
Famaa minkum min ahadin'anhu haajizeen
And not one of you would have been able to stop (Us).
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wa innahoo latazkiratul lilmuttaqeen
It is really a reminder for those who fear God and follow the straight path.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Wa inna lana'lamu anna minkum mukazzibeen
We certainly know that some among you do deny it.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Wa innahu lahasratun 'alal kaafireen
It is surely the nemesis of unbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Wa innahoo lahaqqul yaqeen
And He, He is indeed the ultimate Reality.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Fasbbih bismi Rabbikal 'Azeem
So glorify your Lord, the most supreme.