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Surah Al-Haqqah

Meccan 52 Ayahs Juz 29
الحاقة

Surah Al-Haqqah (الحاقة) is chapter 69 of the Holy Quran — a Meccan surah of 52 verses (ayahs).

Bismillah
بِسْمِIn (the) namebis'miٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmi
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
69:1
ٱلْحَآقَّةُThe Inevitable Realityal-ḥāqatu١
The Inevitable Reality -
69:2
مَاWhatmāٱلْحَآقَّةُ(is) the Inevitable Realityl-ḥāqatu٢
What is the Inevitable Reality?
69:3
وَمَآAnd whatwamāأَدْرَىٰكَwill make you knowadrākaمَاwhatmāٱلْحَآقَّةُ(is) the Inevitable Realityl-ḥāqatu٣
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
69:4
كَذَّبَتْDeniedkadhabatثَمُودُThamudthamūduوَعَادٌۢand Aadwaʿādunبِٱلْقَارِعَةِthe Striking Calamitybil-qāriʿati٤
Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].
69:5
فَأَمَّاSo as forfa-ammāثَمُودُThamudthamūduفَأُهْلِكُوا۟they were destroyedfa-uh'likūبِٱلطَّاغِيَةِby the overpowering (blast)bil-ṭāghiyati٥
So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
69:6
وَأَمَّاAnd as forwa-ammāعَادٌۭAadʿādunفَأُهْلِكُوا۟they were destroyedfa-uh'likūبِرِيحٍۢby a windbirīḥinصَرْصَرٍscreamingṣarṣarinعَاتِيَةٍۢviolentʿātiyatin٦
And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
69:7
سَخَّرَهَاWhich He imposedsakharahāعَلَيْهِمْupon themʿalayhimسَبْعَ(for) sevensabʿaلَيَالٍۢnightslayālinوَثَمَـٰنِيَةَand eightwathamāniyataأَيَّامٍdaysayyāminحُسُومًۭا(in) successionḥusūmanفَتَرَىso you would seefatarāٱلْقَوْمَthe peoplel-qawmaفِيهَاthereinfīhāصَرْعَىٰfallenṣarʿāكَأَنَّهُمْas if they wereka-annahumأَعْجَازُtrunksaʿjāzuنَخْلٍ(of) date-palmsnakhlinخَاوِيَةٍۢhollowkhāwiyatin٧
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.
69:8
فَهَلْThen dofahalتَرَىٰyou seetarāلَهُمof themlahumمِّنۢanyminبَاقِيَةٍۢremainsbāqiyatin٨
Then do you see of them any remains?
69:9
وَجَآءَAnd camewajāaفِرْعَوْنُFiraunfir'ʿawnuوَمَنand (those)wamanقَبْلَهُۥbefore himqablahuوَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُand the overturned citieswal-mu'tafikātuبِٱلْخَاطِئَةِwith sinbil-khāṭi-ati٩
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
69:10
فَعَصَوْا۟And they disobeyedfaʿaṣawرَسُولَ(the) Messengerrasūlaرَبِّهِمْ(of) their Lordrabbihimفَأَخَذَهُمْso He seized themfa-akhadhahumأَخْذَةًۭ(with) a seizureakhdhatanرَّابِيَةًexceedingrābiyatan١٠
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
69:11
إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnāلَمَّاwhenlammāطَغَاoverflowedṭaghāٱلْمَآءُthe waterl-māuحَمَلْنَـٰكُمْWe carried youḥamalnākumفِىinfīٱلْجَارِيَةِthe sailing (ship)l-jāriyati١١
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship
69:12
لِنَجْعَلَهَاThat We might make itlinajʿalahāلَكُمْfor youlakumتَذْكِرَةًۭa remindertadhkiratanوَتَعِيَهَآand would be conscious of itwataʿiyahāأُذُنٌۭan earudhununوَٰعِيَةٌۭconsciouswāʿiyatun١٢
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
69:13
فَإِذَاThen whenfa-idhāنُفِخَis blownnufikhaفِىinfīٱلصُّورِthe trumpet l-ṣūriنَفْخَةٌۭa blastnafkhatunوَٰحِدَةٌۭsinglewāḥidatun١٣
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
69:14
وَحُمِلَتِAnd are liftedwaḥumilatiٱلْأَرْضُthe earthl-arḍuوَٱلْجِبَالُand the mountainswal-jibāluفَدُكَّتَاand crushedfadukkatāدَكَّةًۭ(with) a crushingdakkatanوَٰحِدَةًۭsinglewāḥidatan١٤
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -
69:15
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢThen (on) that Dayfayawma-idhinوَقَعَتِwill occurwaqaʿatiٱلْوَاقِعَةُthe Occurrencel-wāqiʿatu١٥
Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,
69:16
وَٱنشَقَّتِAnd will splitwa-inshaqqatiٱلسَّمَآءُthe heavenl-samāuفَهِىَso itfahiyaيَوْمَئِذٍۢ(is on) that Dayyawma-idhinوَاهِيَةٌۭfrailwāhiyatun١٦
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
69:17
وَٱلْمَلَكُAnd the Angelswal-malakuعَلَىٰٓ(will be) onʿalāأَرْجَآئِهَا ۚits edgesarjāihāوَيَحْمِلُand will bearwayaḥmiluعَرْشَ(the) Throneʿarshaرَبِّكَ(of) your Lordrabbikaفَوْقَهُمْabove themfawqahumيَوْمَئِذٍۢthat Dayyawma-idhinثَمَـٰنِيَةٌۭeightthamāniyatun١٧
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
69:18
يَوْمَئِذٍۢThat Dayyawma-idhinتُعْرَضُونَyou will be exhibitedtuʿ'raḍūnaلَاnotlāتَخْفَىٰwill be hiddentakhfāمِنكُمْamong youminkumخَافِيَةٌۭany secretkhāfiyatun١٨
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
69:19
فَأَمَّاThen as forfa-ammāمَنْ(him) whomanأُوتِىَis givenūtiyaكِتَـٰبَهُۥhis recordkitābahuبِيَمِينِهِۦin his right handbiyamīnihiفَيَقُولُwill sayfayaqūluهَآؤُمُHerehāumuٱقْرَءُوا۟readiq'raūكِتَـٰبِيَهْmy recordkitābiyah١٩
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
69:20
إِنِّىIndeed, Iinnīظَنَنتُwas certainẓanantuأَنِّىthat Iannīمُلَـٰقٍ(will) meetmulāqinحِسَابِيَهْmy accountḥisābiyah٢٠
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
69:21
فَهُوَSo hefahuwaفِى(will be) infīعِيشَةٍۢa lifeʿīshatinرَّاضِيَةٍۢpleasantrāḍiyatin٢١
So he will be in a pleasant life -
69:22
فِىInfīجَنَّةٍa Gardenjannatinعَالِيَةٍۢelevatedʿāliyatin٢٢
In an elevated garden,
69:23
قُطُوفُهَاIts clusters of fruitsquṭūfuhāدَانِيَةٌۭhanging neardāniyatun٢٣
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
69:24
كُلُوا۟Eatkulūوَٱشْرَبُوا۟and drinkwa-ish'rabūهَنِيٓـًٔۢا(in) satisfactionhanīanبِمَآfor whatbimāأَسْلَفْتُمْyou sent before youaslaftumفِىinfīٱلْأَيَّامِthe daysl-ayāmiٱلْخَالِيَةِpastl-khāliyati٢٤
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
69:25
وَأَمَّاBut as forwa-ammāمَنْ(him) whomanأُوتِىَis givenūtiyaكِتَـٰبَهُۥhis recordkitābahuبِشِمَالِهِۦin his left handbishimālihiفَيَقُولُwill sayfayaqūluيَـٰلَيْتَنِىO! I wishyālaytanīلَمْnotlamأُوتَI had been givenūtaكِتَـٰبِيَهْmy recordkitābiyah٢٥
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
69:26
وَلَمْAnd notwalamأَدْرِI had knownadriمَاwhatmāحِسَابِيَهْ(is) my accountḥisābiyah٢٦
And had not known what is my account.
69:27
يَـٰلَيْتَهَاO! I wish ityālaytahāكَانَتِhad beenkānatiٱلْقَاضِيَةَthe endl-qāḍiyata٢٧
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.
69:28
مَآNotmāأَغْنَىٰhas availedaghnāعَنِّىmeʿannīمَالِيَهْ ۜmy wealthmāliyah٢٨
My wealth has not availed me.
69:29
هَلَكَIs gonehalakaعَنِّىfrom meʿannīسُلْطَـٰنِيَهْmy authoritysul'ṭāniyah٢٩
Gone from me is my authority."1
69:30
خُذُوهُSeize himkhudhūhuفَغُلُّوهُand shackle himfaghullūhu٣٠
[Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
69:31
ثُمَّThenthummaٱلْجَحِيمَ(into) the Hellfirel-jaḥīmaصَلُّوهُburn himṣallūhu٣١
Then into Hellfire drive him.
69:32
ثُمَّThenthummaفِىintofīسِلْسِلَةٍۢa chainsil'silatinذَرْعُهَاits lengthdharʿuhāسَبْعُونَ(is) seventysabʿūnaذِرَاعًۭاcubitsdhirāʿanفَٱسْلُكُوهُinsert himfa-us'lukūhu٣٢
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
69:33
إِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahuكَانَwaskānaلَاnotlāيُؤْمِنُbelievingyu'minuبِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahiٱلْعَظِيمِthe Most Greatl-ʿaẓīmi٣٣
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,
69:34
وَلَاAnd (did) notwalāيَحُضُّfeel the urgeyaḥuḍḍuعَلَىٰonʿalāطَعَامِ(the) feedingṭaʿāmiٱلْمِسْكِينِ(of) the poorl-mis'kīni٣٤
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
69:35
فَلَيْسَSo notfalaysaلَهُfor himlahuٱلْيَوْمَtodayl-yawmaهَـٰهُنَاherehāhunāحَمِيمٌۭany devoted friendḥamīmun٣٥
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
69:36
وَلَاAnd notwalāطَعَامٌany foodṭaʿāmunإِلَّاexceptillāمِنْfromminغِسْلِينٍۢ(the) discharge of woundsghis'līnin٣٦
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
69:37
لَّاNotlāيَأْكُلُهُۥٓwill eat ityakuluhuإِلَّاexceptillāٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَthe sinnersl-khāṭiūna٣٧
None will eat it except the sinners.
69:38
فَلَآBut nayfalāأُقْسِمُI swearuq'simuبِمَاby whatbimāتُبْصِرُونَyou seetub'ṣirūna٣٨
So I swear by what you see
69:39
وَمَاAnd whatwamāلَاnotlāتُبْصِرُونَyou seetub'ṣirūna٣٩
And what you do not see
69:40
إِنَّهُۥIndeed, it (is)innahuلَقَوْلُsurely (the) Wordlaqawluرَسُولٍۢ(of) a Messengerrasūlinكَرِيمٍۢnoblekarīmin٤٠
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.
69:41
وَمَاAnd notwamāهُوَithuwaبِقَوْلِ(is the) wordbiqawliشَاعِرٍۢ ۚ(of) a poetshāʿirinقَلِيلًۭاlittleqalīlanمَّا(is) whatmāتُؤْمِنُونَyou believetu'minūna٤١
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
69:42
وَلَاAnd notwalāبِقَوْلِ(it is the) wordbiqawliكَاهِنٍۢ ۚ(of) a soothsayerkāhininقَلِيلًۭاlittleqalīlanمَّا(is) whatmāتَذَكَّرُونَyou take heedtadhakkarūna٤٢
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
69:43
تَنزِيلٌۭ(It is) a revelationtanzīlunمِّنfromminرَّبِّ(the) Lordrabbiٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ(of) the worldsl-ʿālamīna٤٣
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
69:44
وَلَوْAnd ifwalawتَقَوَّلَhe (had) fabricatedtaqawwalaعَلَيْنَاagainst Usʿalaynāبَعْضَsomebaʿḍaٱلْأَقَاوِيلِsayingsl-aqāwīli٤٤
And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
69:45
لَأَخَذْنَاCertainly We (would) have seizedla-akhadhnāمِنْهُhimmin'huبِٱلْيَمِينِby the right handbil-yamīni٤٥
We would have seized him by the right hand;
69:46
ثُمَّThenthummaلَقَطَعْنَاcertainly We (would) have cut offlaqaṭaʿnāمِنْهُfrom himmin'huٱلْوَتِينَthe aortal-watīna٤٦
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
69:47
فَمَاAnd notfamāمِنكُمfrom youminkumمِّنْanyminأَحَدٍoneaḥadinعَنْهُ[from him]ʿanhuحَـٰجِزِينَ(who could) prevent (it)ḥājizīna٤٧
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
69:48
وَإِنَّهُۥAnd indeed, itwa-innahuلَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ(is) surely a reminderlatadhkiratunلِّلْمُتَّقِينَfor the Allah-fearinglil'muttaqīna٤٨
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.
69:49
وَإِنَّاAnd indeed, Wewa-innāلَنَعْلَمُsurely knowlanaʿlamuأَنَّthatannaمِنكُمamong youminkumمُّكَذِّبِينَ(are) deniersmukadhibīna٤٩
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
69:50
وَإِنَّهُۥAnd indeed, itwa-innahuلَحَسْرَةٌ(is) surely a regretlaḥasratunعَلَىuponʿalāٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna٥٠
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
69:51
وَإِنَّهُۥAnd indeed, it (is)wa-innahuلَحَقُّsurely (the) truthlaḥaqquٱلْيَقِينِ(of) certaintyl-yaqīni٥١
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
69:52
فَسَبِّحْSo glorifyfasabbiḥبِٱسْمِ(the) namebi-is'miرَبِّكَ(of) your Lordrabbikaٱلْعَظِيمِthe Most Greatl-ʿaẓīmi٥٢
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.