Surah Al-Haqqah

Verse 69:1

اَلْحَآقَّةُ ۟ۙ

ʹALḤAAAQ̣Q̣ATU!

The Inevitable Hour!

Verse 69:2

مَا الْحَآقَّةُ ۟ۚ

Mal Ḥaaaq̣q̣ah?

What is the Inevitable Hour?

Verse 69:3

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحَآقَّةُ ۟ؕ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka mal Ḥaaaq̣q̣ah?

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

Verse 69:4

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ ۟

Kaẓẓabat S̤amoodu wa-ʻAadum bil-Q̣aariʻah!

˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.

Verse 69:5

فَاَمَّا ثَمُوْدُ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِالطَّاغِیَةِ ۟

Faʹammaa S̤amoodu faʹuhlikoo biṭ-Ṭaag̣iyah!

As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.

Verse 69:6

وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِرِیْحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِیَةٍ ۟ۙ

Wa-ʹammaa ʻAaduñ faʹuhlikoo bi-Reeḥiñ ṣarṣarin ʻaatiyah;

And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind

Verse 69:7

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَیْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَیَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِیَةَ اَیَّامٍ ۙ حُسُوْمًاۙ فَتَرَی الْقَوْمَ فِیْهَا صَرْعٰی ۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِیَةٍ ۟ۚ

Sakhkharahaa ʻalayhim sabʻa layaaliñw was̤amaaniyata ʹayyaamin ḥusoomañ fataral q̣awma feehaa ṣarʻaa kaʹannahum ʹaʻjaazu nakhlin khaawiyah!

which Allah unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees.

Verse 69:8

فَهَلْ تَرٰی لَهُمْ مِّنْ بَاقِیَةٍ ۟

Fahal taraa lahum mim baaq̣iyah?

Do you see any of them left alive?

Verse 69:9

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهٗ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكٰتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ ۟ۚ

Wa-jaaaʹa Firʻawnu wa-mañ q̣ablahoo wal-muʹtafikaatu bil-khaaṭiʹah,

Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,

Verse 69:10

فَعَصَوْا رَسُوْلَ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَهُمْ اَخْذَةً رَّابِیَةً ۟

Faʻaṣaw rasoola Rabbihim faʹakhaẓahum ʹakhẓatar raabiyah.

each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.

Verse 69:11

اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الْمَآءُ حَمَلْنٰكُمْ فِی الْجَارِیَةِ ۟ۙ

ʹInnaa lammaa ṭag̣al maaaʹu ḥamalnaakum fil jaariyah.

Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,

Verse 69:12

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَّتَعِیَهَاۤ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِیَةٌ ۟

Linajʻalahaa lakum Taẓkiratañwwa taʻiyahaaa ʹuẓunuñw waaʻiyah.

so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.

Verse 69:13

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِی الصُّوْرِ نَفْخَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۟ۙ

Faʹiẓaa nufikha fiṣ Ṣoori nafkhatuñw waaḥidah,

At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast,

Verse 69:14

وَّحُمِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَّاحِدَةً ۟ۙ

Wa-ḥumilatil ʹarḍu wal-jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatañw waaḥidah,―

and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow,

Verse 69:15

فَیَوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ ۟ۙ

Fayawmaʹiẓiñw Waq̣aʻatil Waaq̣iʻah,

on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.

Verse 69:16

وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَهِیَ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاهِیَةٌ ۟ۙ

Wañshaq̣q̣atis samaaaʹu fahiya Yawmaʹiẓiñw waahiyah,

The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail,

Verse 69:17

وَّالْمَلَكُ عَلٰۤی اَرْجَآىِٕهَا ؕ وَیَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ ثَمٰنِیَةٌ ۟ؕ

Wal-malaku ʻalaaa ʹarjaaaʹihaa, wa-yaḥmilu ʻArsha Rabbika fawq̣ahum Yawmaʹiẓiñ s̤amaaniyah.

with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

Verse 69:18

یَوْمَىِٕذٍ تُعْرَضُوْنَ لَا تَخْفٰی مِنْكُمْ خَافِیَةٌ ۟

Yawmaʹiẓiñ tuʻraḍoona laa- takhfaa miñ-kum khaafiyah.

You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.

Verse 69:19

فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِیَمِیْنِهٖ ۙ فَیَقُوْلُ هَآؤُمُ اقْرَءُوْا كِتٰبِیَهْ ۟ۚ

Faʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo biyameenihee fayaq̣oolu haaaʹumuq̣ raʹoo Kitaabiyah!

As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!

Verse 69:20

اِنِّیْ ظَنَنْتُ اَنِّیْ مُلٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهْ ۟ۚ

ʹInnee z̤̣anañtu ʹannee mulaaq̣in Ḥisaabiyah!

I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”

Verse 69:21

فَهُوَ فِیْ عِیْشَةٍ رَّاضِیَةٍ ۟ۙ

Fahuwa fee ʻeeshatir raaḍiyah,

They will be in a life of bliss,

Verse 69:22

فِیْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةٍ ۟ۙ

Fee Jannatin ʻaaliyah,

in an elevated Garden,

Verse 69:23

قُطُوْفُهَا دَانِیَةٌ ۟

Q̣utoofuhaa daaniyah.

whose fruit will hang within reach.

Verse 69:24

كُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا هَنِیْٓـًٔا بِمَاۤ اَسْلَفْتُمْ فِی الْاَیَّامِ الْخَالِیَةِ ۟

Kuloo washraboo haneeeʹam bimaaa ʹaslaftum fil ʹayyaamil khaaliyah!

˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”

Verse 69:25

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِشِمَالِهٖ ۙ۬ فَیَقُوْلُ یٰلَیْتَنِیْ لَمْ اُوْتَ كِتٰبِیَهْ ۟ۚ

Wa-ʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fayaq̣oolu yaalaytanee lam ʹoota Kitaabiyah!

And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record,

Verse 69:26

وَلَمْ اَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهْ ۟ۚ

Wa-lam ʹadri maa- ḥisaabiyah!

nor known anything of my reckoning!

Verse 69:27

یٰلَیْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِیَةَ ۟ۚ

Yaa-laytahaa kaanatil q̣aaḍiyah!

I wish death was the end!

Verse 69:28

مَاۤ اَغْنٰی عَنِّیْ مَالِیَهْ ۟ۚ

Maaa ʹag̣naa ʻannee maaliyah!

My wealth has not benefited me!

Verse 69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّیْ سُلْطٰنِیَهْ ۟ۚ

Halaka ʻannee sulṭaaniyah!

My authority has been stripped from me.”

Verse 69:30

خُذُوْهُ فَغُلُّوْهُ ۟ۙ

Khuẓoohu fag̣ullooh,

˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them,

Verse 69:31

ثُمَّ الْجَحِیْمَ صَلُّوْهُ ۟ۙ

S̤ummal Jaḥeema ṣallooh,

then burn them in Hell,

Verse 69:32

ثُمَّ فِیْ سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُوْنَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوْهُ ۟ؕ

S̤umma fee silsilatiñ ẓarʻuhaa sabʻoona ẓiraaʻañ faslukooh!

then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.

Verse 69:33

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لَا یُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ الْعَظِیْمِ ۟ۙ

ʹInnahoo kaana laa- yuʹminu billaahil ʻAz̤̣eem,

For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest,

Verse 69:34

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلٰی طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِیْنِ ۟ؕ

Wa-laa yaḥuḍḍu ʻalaa ṭaʻaamil miskeen!

nor encouraged the feeding of the poor.

Verse 69:35

فَلَیْسَ لَهُ الْیَوْمَ هٰهُنَا حَمِیْمٌ ۟ۙ

Falaysa lahul Yawma haahunaa ḥameem,

So this Day they will have no close friend here,

Verse 69:36

وَّلَا طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِیْنٍ ۟ۙ

Wa-laa ṭaʻaamun ʹillaa min g̣isleen,

nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus,

Verse 69:37

لَّا یَاْكُلُهٗۤ اِلَّا الْخَاطِـُٔوْنَ ۟۠

Laa- yaʹkuluhooo ʹillal khaaṭiʹoon.

which none will eat except the evildoers.”

Verse 69:38

فَلَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Falaaa ʹuq̣simu bimaa tubṣiroon

Now, I do swear by whatever you see,

Verse 69:39

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Wamaa laa- tubṣiroon,―

and whatever you cannot see!

Verse 69:40

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِیْمٍ ۟ۚۙ

ʹInnahoo laq̣awlu Rasooliñ Kareem;

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger.

Verse 69:41

وَّمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ؕ قَلِیْلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُوْنَ ۟ۙ

Wa-maa huwa biq̣awli shaaʻir: q̣aleelam maa tuʹminoon!

It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.

Verse 69:42

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ؕ قَلِیْلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۟ؕ

Wa-laa biq̣awli kaahin: q̣aleelam maa taẓakkaroon.

Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.

Verse 69:43

تَنْزِیْلٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ ۟

Tañzeelum mir Rabbil ʻAalameen.

˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.

Verse 69:44

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیْنَا بَعْضَ الْاَقَاوِیْلِ ۟ۙ

Wa-law taq̣awwala ʻalaynaa baʻḍal ʹaq̣aaweel,

Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name,

Verse 69:45

لَاَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْیَمِیْنِ ۟ۙ

Laʹakhaẓnaa minhu bilyameen,

We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,

Verse 69:46

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِیْنَ ۟ؗۖ

S̤umma laq̣aṭaʻnaa minhul wateen:

then severed his aorta,

Verse 69:47

فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِّنْ اَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حٰجِزِیْنَ ۟

Famaa miñkum min ʹaḥadin ʻanhu ḥaajizeen.

and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!

Verse 69:48

وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِیْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹinnahoo la-Taẓkiratul lil-Muttaq̣een.

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺.

Verse 69:49

وَاِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ اَنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُّكَذِّبِیْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹinnaa lanaʻlamu ʹanna miñkum mukaẓẓibeen.

And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial,

Verse 69:50

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَی الْكٰفِرِیْنَ ۟

Wa-ʹinnahoo laḥasratun ʻalal kaafireen.

and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.

Verse 69:51

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَقُّ الْیَقِیْنِ ۟

Wa-ʹinnahoo la-Ḥaq̣q̣ul yaq̣een.

And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth.

Verse 69:52

فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِیْمِ ۟۠

Fasabbiḥ bismi Rabbikal ʻAz̤̣eem.

So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.