Al-Haqqah

The Inevitable Reality -

al-ḥāqatu

What is the Inevitable Reality?

mā l-ḥāqatu

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqatu

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿati

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

fa-ammā thamūdu fa-uh'likū bil-ṭāghiyati

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

wa-ammā ʿādun fa-uh'likū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyatin

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.

sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyatin

Then do you see of them any remains?

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyatin

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

wajāa fir'ʿawnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi-ati

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

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyatan

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

innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyati

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

linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatun

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatun

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

waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidatan

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

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

wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatun

And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

wal-malaku ʿalā arjāihā wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyatun

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

yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatun

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

fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāumu iq'raū kitābiyah

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

innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah

So he will be in a pleasant life -

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin

In an elevated garden,

fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

quṭūfuhā dāniyatun

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

kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyati

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

wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiyah

And had not known what is my account.

walam adri mā ḥisābiyah

I wish my death had been the decisive one.

yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyata

My wealth has not availed me.

mā aghnā ʿannī māliyah

Gone from me is my authority."

halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniyah

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

khudhūhu faghullūhu

Then into Hellfire drive him.

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūhu

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

thumma fī sil'silatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-us'lukūhu

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

innahu kāna lā yu'minu bil-lahi l-ʿaẓīmi

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

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

falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmun

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līnin

None will eat it except the sinners.

lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūna

So I swear by what you see

falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūna

And what you do not see

wamā lā tub'ṣirūna

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

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin

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

wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūna

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūna

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

tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīli

We would have seized him by the right hand;

la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīni

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīna

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

famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīna

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

wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīna

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīna

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

wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīna

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīni

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi