69. Al-Haqqah

ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

The indubitable event

مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

And what is that indubitable event

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

And what do you know what that indubitable event is

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ

The Thamud and the Ad denied the (possibility of a) sudden calamity, calling it false

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Then the Thamud were destroyed by an awesome upheaval

وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةࣲ‏

and the Ad were destroyed by a furiously raging wind-storm

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالࣲ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومࣰ اۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةࣲ‏

which He let loose upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession; so that (if you had been there) you might have seen people lying prostrate, as though they were uprooted trunks of hollowed palm trees

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةࣲ‏

Do you now see any trace of them

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ

Pharaoh and those before him and the people of the overturned habitations all engaged in the same great sin

فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِيَةً

They did not follow the Messenger of their Lord, and so He seized them with a severe grip

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ

Verily when the water rose to great heights, We bore you upon a floating vessel (i.e. the Ark)

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنࣱ وَٰعِيَةࣱ‏

so that We might make it an instructive event for you, and retentive ears might preserve its memory

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ‏

So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ‏

and the earth and the mountains are carried aloft and are crushed to bits at one stroke

فَيَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ

on that Day shall that indubitable event come to pass

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاهِيَةࣱ‏

when the sky will be rent asunder, the grip holding it together having loosened on that Day

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ ثَمَٰنِيَةࣱ‏

and the angels will stand on the sides, with eight of them bearing aloft the Throne of your Lord on that Day

يَوۡمَئِذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةࣱ‏

That will be the Day when you shall be brought forth (before Allah) and no secret of yours shall remain hidden

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ

On that Day, he whose Record is given to him in his right hand will say: “Lo! Read my Record

إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ

Verily I was sure that I would be handed over my account.”

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ‏

Then he shall find himself in a life of bliss

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ‏

in a lofty Garden

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةࣱ‏

the clusters of whose fruit will be hanging low to be within reach (of the inmates of Paradise)

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ

(They will be told): “Eat and drink with good cheer as a reward for the good deeds you did in the days that have passed by.”

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ

As for him whose Record will be given to him in his left hand, he will exclaim: “Would that I had never been given my Record

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ

and had not known my account

يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ

Oh! Would that the death that came to me in the world had made an end of me

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ

My riches have not availed me

هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ

and my authority has vanished.”

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

(A command will be issued): “Seize him and shackle him

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

then cast him in the Fire

ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰ ا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ

then fasten him with a chain, seventy cubits long

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

He would not believe in Allah, the Most Great

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

nor would he urge the feeding of the poor

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمࣱ‏

Today he has been left here friendless

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينࣲ‏

and has no food except the filth from the washing of wounds

لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ

which only the sinners will eat.”

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

But no; I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

and by what you do not see

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ‏

that this is the speech of an honourable Messenger

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ

not the speech of a poet. Little do you believe

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Nor is this the speech of a soothsayer. Little do you reflect

تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

It has been revealed by the Lord of the Universe

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ

And if he [i.e., the Prophets] had forged this Discourse and thereafter ascribed it to Us

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ

We would surely have seized him by the right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ

and then severed his life vein

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

and not one of you would have been able to withhold Us from doing so

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Surely it is a Good Counsel for the God-fearing

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

We certainly know that some among you will give the lie to it

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

and surely it will be a cause of regret for the unbelievers

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ

Certainly it is a Truth of absolute certainty

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

So glorify the name of your Lord Most Great