Al-Haqqah
الحاقة
Chapter 69. The Reality
Al-Haqqah 69:1
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
The Reality!
Al-Haqqah 69:2
مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
What is the Reality?
Al-Haqqah 69:3
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
Al-Haqqah 69:4
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
Al-Haqqah 69:5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
Al-Haqqah 69:6
وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
Al-Haqqah 69:7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٖ
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.
Al-Haqqah 69:8
فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?
Al-Haqqah 69:9
وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
Al-Haqqah 69:10
فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
Al-Haqqah 69:11
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
Al-Haqqah 69:12
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
Al-Haqqah 69:13
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
Al-Haqqah 69:14
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
Al-Haqqah 69:15
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
Al-Haqqah 69:16
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
Al-Haqqah 69:17
وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
Al-Haqqah 69:18
يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةٞ
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
Al-Haqqah 69:19
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
Al-Haqqah 69:20
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
Al-Haqqah 69:21
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
Then he will be in blissful state
Al-Haqqah 69:22
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
In a high garden
Al-Haqqah 69:23
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
Al-Haqqah 69:24
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
Al-Haqqah 69:25
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ
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
Al-Haqqah 69:26
وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ
And knew not what my reckoning!
Al-Haqqah 69:27
يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ
Oh, would that it had been death!
Al-Haqqah 69:28
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ
My wealth hath not availed me,
Al-Haqqah 69:29
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ
My power hath gone from me.
Al-Haqqah 69:30
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
Al-Haqqah 69:31
ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
And then expose him to hell-fire
Al-Haqqah 69:32
ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
Al-Haqqah 69:33
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
Al-Haqqah 69:34
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
Al-Haqqah 69:35
فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
Al-Haqqah 69:36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ
Nor any food save filth
Al-Haqqah 69:37
لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ
Which none but sinners eat.
Al-Haqqah 69:38
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
Al-Haqqah 69:39
وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
And all that ye see not
Al-Haqqah 69:40
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Al-Haqqah 69:41
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Al-Haqqah 69:42
وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
Al-Haqqah 69:43
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Al-Haqqah 69:44
وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
Al-Haqqah 69:45
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
Al-Haqqah 69:46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ
And then severed his life-artery,
Al-Haqqah 69:47
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
Al-Haqqah 69:48
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
Al-Haqqah 69:49
وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
Al-Haqqah 69:50
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
Al-Haqqah 69:51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
And lo! it is absolute truth.
Al-Haqqah 69:52
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.