Surah Al-Haqqah — The Reality

اَلْحَاۤقَّةُۙ

Al-ḥāqqah(tu).

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا الْحَاۤقَّةُ ۚ

Mal-ḥāqqah(tu).

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحَاۤقَّةُ ۗ

Wa mā adrāka mal-ḥāqqah(tu).

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ وَعَادٌ ۢبِالْقَارِعَةِ

Każżabat ṡamūdu wa ‘ādum bil-qāri‘ah(ti).

Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

فَاَمَّا ثَمُوْدُ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

Fa'ammā ṡamūdu fa uhlikū biṭ-ṭāgiyah(ti).

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

وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِرِيْحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ

Wa ammā ‘ādun fa'uhlikū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ‘ātiyah(tin).

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

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوْمًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيْهَا صَرْعٰىۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۚ

Sakhkharahā ‘alaihim sab‘a layāliw wa ṡamāniyata ayyām(in), ḥusūman fataral-qauma fīhā ṣar‘ā, ka'annahum a‘jāzu nakhlin khāwiyah(tin).

Which He [i.e., Allāh] 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.

فَهَلْ تَرٰى لَهُمْ مِّنْۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

Fahal tarā lahum mim bāqiyah(tin).

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَاۤءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهٗ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكٰتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِۚ

Wa jā'a fir‘aunu wa man qablahū wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi'ah(ti).

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

فَعَصَوْا رَسُوْلَ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَهُمْ اَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

Fa ‘aṣau rasūla rabbihim fa akhażahum akhżatar rābiyah(tan).

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

اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الْمَاۤءُ حَمَلْنٰكُمْ فِى الْجَارِيَةِۙ

Innā lammā ṭagal-mā'u ḥamalnākum fil-jāriyah(ti).

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَّتَعِيَهَآ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِيَةٌ

Linaj‘alahā lakum tażkirataw wa ta‘iyahā użunuw wā‘iyah(tun).

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

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِى الصُّوْرِ نَفْخَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۙ

Fa iżā nufikha fiṣ-ṣūri nafkhatuw wāḥidah(tun).

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَّحُمِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَّاحِدَةًۙ

Wa ḥumilatil-arḍu wal-jibālu fa dukkatā dakkataw wāḥidah(tan).

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -

فَيَوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ

Fayauma'iżiw waqa‘atil-wāqi‘ah(tu).

Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,

وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاۤءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاهِيَةٌۙ

Wansyaqqatis-samā'u fahiya yauma'iżiw wāhiyah(tun).

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

وَّالْمَلَكُ عَلٰٓى اَرْجَاۤىِٕهَاۗ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ ثَمٰنِيَةٌ ۗ

Wal-malaku ‘alā arjā'ihā, wa yaḥmilu ‘arsya rabbika fauqahum yauma'iżin ṡamāniyah(tun).

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

يَوْمَىِٕذٍ تُعْرَضُوْنَ لَا تَخْفٰى مِنْكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

Yauma'iżin tu‘raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyah(tun).

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

فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيْنِهٖ فَيَقُوْلُ هَاۤؤُمُ اقْرَءُوْا كِتٰبِيَهْۚ

Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnihī fa yaqūlu hā'umuqra'ū kitābiyah.

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

اِنِّيْ ظَنَنْتُ اَنِّيْ مُلٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْۚ

Innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah.

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

فَهُوَ فِيْ عِيْشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍۚ

Fa huwa fī ‘īsyatir rāḍiyah(tin).

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِيْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ

Fī jannatin ‘āliyah(tin).

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوْفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Quṭūfuhā dāniyah(tun).

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا هَنِيْۤـًٔا ۢبِمَآ اَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى الْاَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ

Kulū wasyrabū hanī'am bimā aslaftum fil-ayyāmil-khāliyah(ti).

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

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِشِمَالِهٖ ەۙ فَيَقُوْلُ يٰلَيْتَنِيْ لَمْ اُوْتَ كِتٰبِيَهْۚ

Wa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū bisyimālih(ī), fa yaqūlu yā laitanī lam ūta kitābiyah.

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

وَلَمْ اَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْۚ

Wa lam adri mā ḥisābiyah.

And had not known what is my account.

يٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَۚ

Yā laitahā kānatil-qāḍiyah(ta).

I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.

مَآ اَغْنٰى عَنِّيْ مَالِيَهْۚ

Mā agnā ‘annī māliyah.

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّيْ سُلْطٰنِيَهْۚ

Halaka ‘annī sulṭāniyah.

Gone from me is my authority."

خُذُوْهُ فَغُلُّوْهُۙ

Khużūhu fagullūh(u).

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

ثُمَّ الْجَحِيْمَ صَلُّوْهُۙ

Ṡummal-jaḥīma ṣallūh(u).

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِيْ سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُوْنَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوْهُۗ

Ṡumma fī silsilatin żar‘uhā sab‘ūna żirā‘an faslukūh(u).

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

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ الْعَظِيْمِۙ

Innahū kāna lā yu'minu billāhil-‘aẓīm(i).

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِيْنِۗ

Wa lā yaḥuḍḍu ‘alā ṭa‘āmil-miskīn(i).

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هٰهُنَا حَمِيْمٌۙ

Fa laisa lahul-yauma hāhunā ḥamīm(un).

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

وَّلَا طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِيْنٍۙ

Wa lā ṭa‘āmun illā min gislīn(in).

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَأْكُلُهٗٓ اِلَّا الْخٰطِـُٔوْنَ ࣖ

Lā ya'kuluhū illal-khāṭi'ūn(a).

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُوْنَۙ

Falā uqsimu bimā tubṣirūn(a).

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُوْنَۙ

Wa mā lā tubṣirūn(a).

And what you do not see

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ

Innahū laqaulu rasūlin karīm(in).

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.

وَّمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۗ قَلِيْلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُوْنَۙ

Wa mā huwa biqauli syā‘ir(in), qalīlam mā tu'minūn(a).

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

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۗ قَلِيْلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوْنَۗ

Wa lā biqauli kāhin(in), qalīlam mā tażakkarūn(a).

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

تَنْزِيْلٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

Tanzīlum mir rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).

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

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْاَقَاوِيْلِۙ

Wa lau taqawwala ‘alainā ba‘ḍal-aqāwīl(i).

And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

لَاَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِيْنِۙ

La'akhażnā minhu bil-yamīn(i).

We would have seized him by the right hand;

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِيْنَۖ

Ṡumma laqaṭa‘nā minhul-watīn(a).

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِّنْ اَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حٰجِزِيْنَۙ

Famā minkum min aḥadin ‘anhu ḥājizīn(a).

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

وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِيْنَ

Wa innahū latażkiratul lil-muttaqīn(a).

And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.

وَاِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ اَنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُّكَذِّبِيْنَۗ

Wa innā lana‘lamu anna minkum mukażżibīn(a).

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكٰفِرِيْنَۚ

Wa innahū laḥasratun ‘alal-kāfirīn(a).

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

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِيْنِ

Wa innahū laḥaqqul-yaqīn(i).

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ࣖ

Fa sabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-‘aẓīm(i).

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