Al-Haqqah

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

ʹALḤAAAQ̣Q̣ATU!

The Inevitable Reality -

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Mal Ḥaaaq̣q̣ah?

What is the Inevitable Reality?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka mal Ḥaaaq̣q̣ah?

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

Kaẓẓabat S̤amoodu wa-ʻAadum bil-Q̣aariʻah!

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

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Faʹammaa S̤amoodu faʹuhlikoo biṭ-Ṭaag̣iyah!

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

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

Wa-ʹammaa ʻAaduñ faʹuhlikoo bi-Reeḥiñ ṣarṣarin ʻaatiyah;

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

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

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

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 تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

Fahal taraa lahum mim baaq̣iyah?

Then do you see of them any remains?

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

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

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

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

Faʻaṣaw rasoola Rabbihim faʹakhaẓahum ʹakhẓatar raabiyah.

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

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

ʹInnaa lammaa ṭag̣al maaaʹu ḥamalnaakum fil jaariyah.

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

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

Linajʻalahaa lakum Taẓkiratañwwa taʻiyahaaa ʹuẓunuñw waaʻiyah.

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

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

Faʹiẓaa nufikha fiṣ Ṣoori nafkhatuñw waaḥidah,

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

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

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

Fayawmaʹiẓiñw Waq̣aʻatil Waaq̣iʻah,

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

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

Wañshaq̣q̣atis samaaaʹu fahiya Yawmaʹiẓiñw waahiyah,

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

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ

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

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

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

Yawmaʹiẓiñ tuʻraḍoona laa- takhfaa miñ-kum khaafiyah.

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

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Faʹammaa man ʹootiya Kitaabahoo biyameenihee fayaq̣oolu haaaʹumuq̣ raʹoo Kitaabiyah!

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

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

ʹInnee z̤̣anañtu ʹannee mulaaq̣in Ḥisaabiyah!

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

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

Fahuwa fee ʻeeshatir raaḍiyah,

So he will be in a pleasant life -

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Fee Jannatin ʻaaliyah,

In an elevated garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Q̣utoofuhaa daaniyah.

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

Kuloo washraboo haneeeʹam bimaaa ʹaslaftum fil ʹayyaamil khaaliyah!

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

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

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

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 أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

Wa-lam ʹadri maa- ḥisaabiyah!

And had not known what is my account.

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

Yaa-laytahaa kaanatil q̣aaḍiyah!

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

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

Maaa ʹag̣naa ʻannee maaliyah!

My wealth has not availed me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

Halaka ʻannee sulṭaaniyah!

Gone from me is my authority."

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Khuẓoohu fag̣ullooh,

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

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

S̤ummal Jaḥeema ṣallooh,

Then into Hellfire drive him.

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

S̤umma fee silsilatiñ ẓarʻuhaa sabʻoona ẓiraaʻañ faslukooh!

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

ʹInnahoo kaana laa- yuʹminu billaahil ʻAz̤̣eem,

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wa-laa yaḥuḍḍu ʻalaa ṭaʻaamil miskeen!

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

Falaysa lahul Yawma haahunaa ḥameem,

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

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

Wa-laa ṭaʻaamun ʹillaa min g̣isleen,

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

Laa- yaʹkuluhooo ʹillal khaaṭiʹoon.

None will eat it except the sinners.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Falaaa ʹuq̣simu bimaa tubṣiroon

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Wamaa laa- tubṣiroon,―

And what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

ʹInnahoo laq̣awlu Rasooliñ Kareem;

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

Wa-maa huwa biq̣awli shaaʻir: q̣aleelam maa tuʹminoon!

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

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Wa-laa biq̣awli kaahin: q̣aleelam maa taẓakkaroon.

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

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Tañzeelum mir Rabbil ʻAalameen.

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

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

Wa-law taq̣awwala ʻalaynaa baʻḍal ʹaq̣aaweel,

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

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

Laʹakhaẓnaa minhu bilyameen,

We would have seized him by the right hand;

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

S̤umma laq̣aṭaʻnaa minhul wateen:

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ

Famaa miñkum min ʹaḥadin ʻanhu ḥaajizeen.

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Wa-ʹinnahoo la-Taẓkiratul lil-Muttaq̣een.

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

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

Wa-ʹinnaa lanaʻlamu ʹanna miñkum mukaẓẓibeen.

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Wa-ʹinnahoo laḥasratun ʻalal kaafireen.

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

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Wa-ʹinnahoo la-Ḥaq̣q̣ul yaq̣een.

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Fasabbiḥ bismi Rabbikal ʻAz̤̣eem.

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