Al-Haqqah

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ١

The Inevitable Hour

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٢

What is the Inevitable Hour

وَمَآ أَدْرَٮٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٣

And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ٤

˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥

As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُواْ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ٦

And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ ٧

which Allah unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ ٨

Do you see any of them left alive

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ ٩

Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin

فَعَصَوْاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً ١٠

each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ ١١

Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٲعِيَةٌ ١٢

so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٲحِدَةٌ ١٣

At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٲحِدَةً ١٤

and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ١٥

on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ١٦

The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا‌ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ ١٧

with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ ١٨

You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُواْ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ١٩

As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٠

I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ٢١

They will be in a life of bliss

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ٢٢

in an elevated Garden

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ ٢٣

whose fruit will hang within reach

كُلُواْ وَٱشْرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـــَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ ٢٤

˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ٢٥

And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٦

nor known anything of my reckoning

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧

I wish death was the end

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْۜ ٢٨

My wealth has not benefited me

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ ٢٩

My authority has been stripped from me.”

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠

˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١

then burn them in Hell

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ ٣٢

then tie them up with chains seventy arms long

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٣٣

For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ٣٤

nor encouraged the feeding of the poor

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ ٣٥

So this Day they will have no close friend here

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ ٣٦

nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِــُٔونَ ٣٧

which none will eat except the evildoers.”

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٨

Now, I do swear by whatever you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٩

and whatever you cannot see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ٤٠

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ‌ۚ قَلِيلاً مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ ٤١

It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ‌ۚ قَلِيلاً مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢

Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٤٣

˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤

Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ٤٥

We would have certainly seized him by his right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ٤٦

then severed his aorta

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ ٤٧

and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩

And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ٥٠

and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥١

And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٥٢

So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest