Chapter 69 of the Quran
Surah Al-Haqqah (The Reality)
الحاقة
Surah Al-Haqqah is the 69th chapter of the Holy Quran. It contains 52 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
The Inevitable Reality -
Ayah 2
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Reality?
Ayah 3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
Ayah 4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].
Ayah 5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
Ayah 6
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
Ayah 7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
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.
Ayah 8
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
Then do you see of them any remains?
Ayah 9
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
Ayah 10
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
Ayah 11
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship
Ayah 12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
Ayah 13
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
Ayah 14
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -
Ayah 15
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,
Ayah 16
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
Ayah 17
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
Ayah 18
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
Ayah 19
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
Ayah 20
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
Ayah 21
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
So he will be in a pleasant life -
Ayah 22
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
Ayah 23
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
Ayah 24
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
Ayah 25
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ
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
Ayah 26
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
And had not known what is my account.
Ayah 27
يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.
Ayah 28
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
My wealth has not availed me.
Ayah 29
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ
Gone from me is my authority."
Ayah 30
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
[Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
Ayah 31
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Then into Hellfire drive him.
Ayah 32
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
Ayah 33
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,
Ayah 34
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
Ayah 35
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
Ayah 36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
Ayah 37
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ
None will eat it except the sinners.
Ayah 38
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
So I swear by what you see
Ayah 39
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
And what you do not see
Ayah 40
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.
Ayah 41
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
Ayah 42
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
Ayah 43
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Ayah 44
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
Ayah 45
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
We would have seized him by the right hand;
Ayah 46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Ayah 47
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
Ayah 48
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.
Ayah 49
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
Ayah 50
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
Ayah 51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
Ayah 52
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.