Quran · Surah
Surah Al-Haqqah (الحاقة) — The Reality
Surah 69 · 52 verses · Meccan
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
The Inevitable Hour
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مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Hour
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster
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فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast
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وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
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سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
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
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فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
Do you see any of them left alive
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وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin
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فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip
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إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺
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لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it
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فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast
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وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass
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وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail
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وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them
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يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden
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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record
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إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”
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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
They will be in a life of bliss
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
in an elevated Garden
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قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
whose fruit will hang within reach
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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record
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وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
nor known anything of my reckoning
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يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
I wish death was the end
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
My wealth has not benefited me
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هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
My authority has been stripped from me.”
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خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them
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ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
then burn them in Hell
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ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
then tie them up with chains seventy arms long
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إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest
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وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
nor encouraged the feeding of the poor
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فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
So this Day they will have no close friend here
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وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus
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لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
which none will eat except the evildoers.”
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Now, I do swear by whatever you see
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وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
and whatever you cannot see
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith
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وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful
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تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds
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وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name
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لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
We would have certainly seized him by his right hand
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ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
then severed his aorta
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فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺
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وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth
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فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest
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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.
