Surah Al-Haqqah

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ۝١

The Inevitable Hour!

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ۝٢

What is the Inevitable Hour?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ۝٣

And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ۝٤

The tribes of Thamud and 'Ad denied that disaster would strike them:

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ۝٥

the Thamud were destroyed by a terrible storm of thunder and lightning;

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ۝٦

and the 'Ad were destroyed by a furious wind

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

which God let loose against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you could have seen its people lying prostrate as though they were the hollow trunks of palm-trees which had fallen down.

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ ۝٨

Do you see any vestige left of them now?

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ ۝٩

Pharoah and those before him and the inhabitants of the overthrown cities persistently committed grave sins.

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً ۝١٠

They defied their Lord's messenger, so He seized them with an ever-tightening grip.

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ ۝١١

But We bore you away in the Ark, when the waters rose high,

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ ۝١٢

so that We might make it a reminder for you and so that attentive ears might retain it.

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ۝١٣

When a single blast is blown on the trumpet,

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ۝١٤

and the earth and the mountains are lifted up and then crushed with a single blow,

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ۝١٥

on that Day the Great Event will come to pass.

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ۝١٦

And the sky will be rent asunder, for on that Day it will be so frail.

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ ۝١٧

The angels will appear by its sides and, on that Day, eight [angels] will bear your Lord's throne above them.

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ ۝١٨

On that Day you will be brought to judgement and none of your secrets will remain hidden.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ ۝١٩

Then he who is given his record in his right hand will exclaim, "Here is my record, read it.

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ ۝٢٠

Surely, I knew that I should meet my reckoning,"

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ۝٢١

so he will live in a state of Bliss

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ۝٢٢

in a lofty garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ ۝٢٣

with clusters of fruit within easy reach.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ ۝٢٤

We shall say to him, "Eat and drink joyfully as a reward for the good deeds you did in days gone by."

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ ۝٢٥

But he who is given his record in his left hand will say, "If only I had never been given my Record

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ ۝٢٦

and knew nothing of my reckoning.

يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ۝٢٧

How I wish my death had ended all.

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ ۝٢٨

My wealth has been of no use to me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ ۝٢٩

I am bereft of power."

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ۝٣٠

Seize him and fetter him,

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

and then let him enter Hell.

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ ۝٣٢

Then fasten him with a chain seventy cubits long:

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٣٣

for he did not believe in Almighty God,

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ۝٣٤

nor did he feel any urge to feed the needy,

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ ۝٣٥

so today he has no friend here,

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ ۝٣٦

and the only food he has is filth

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ ۝٣٧

which no one will eat except the sinners.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝٣٨

But nay, I swear by all that you can see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝٣٩

as well as all that you cannot see:

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ۝٤٠

most surely, this is the word brought by a noble messenger,

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٤١

it is not the word of a poet -- how little you believe! --

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٤٢

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer -- how little you reflect!

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٤٣

It is a revelation sent down by the Sustainer of the Universe:

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ ۝٤٤

if he had invented any lies about Us,

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ۝٤٥

We would indeed have seized him by his right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ۝٤٦

and would indeed have cut his life-vein,

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ۝٤٧

and none of you could have held Us off from him.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ۝٤٨

And surely it is an admonition to the God-fearing.

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ۝٤٩

We know very well that there are some among you who reject Our signs --

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٥٠

it will be a source of bitter regret for those who deny the truth --

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ۝٥١

it is the indubitable truth.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٥٢

So glorify the name of your Lord, the Almighty.