AL HAQQAH (THE TRUE EVENT)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 52 verses – 2 sections)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | الْحَاقَّةُ |
| The true event! | |
| 2 | مَا الْحَاقَّةُ |
| How tremendous is the true event! | |
| 3 | وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ |
| And what have you understood, how tremendous the true event is! | |
| 4 | كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ |
| The tribes of Thamud and A’ad denied the event of great dismay. (The Day of Resurrection) | |
| 5 | فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ |
| So regarding the Thamud, they were destroyed by a terrible scream. | |
| 6 | وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ |
| And as for A’ad, they were destroyed by a severe thundering windstorm. | |
| 7 | سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ |
| He forced it upon them with strength, consecutively for seven nights and eight days – so you would see those people overthrown in it, like trunks of date palms fallen down. | |
| 8 | فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ |
| So do you see any survivor among them? | |
| 9 | وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ |
| And Firaun, and those before him, and the dwellings that were inverted and thrown, had brought error. | |
| 10 | فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً |
| They therefore disobeyed the Noble Messengers of their Lord – so He seized them with an intense seizure. | |
| 11 | إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ |
| Indeed when the water swelled up, We boarded you onto the ship. | |
| 12 | لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ |
| In order to make it a remembrance for you, and in order that the ears that store may remember. | |
| 13 | فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ |
| So when the Trumpet will be blown, with a sudden single blow. | |
| 14 | وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً |
| And the earth and the mountains will be lifted up and crushed with a single crush. | |
| 15 | فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ |
| So that is the day when the forthcoming event will occur. | |
| 16 | وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ |
| And the heaven will split asunder – so on that day it will be unstable. | |
| 17 | وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ |
| And the angels will be on its sides; and on that day, eight angels will carry the Throne of your Lord above them. | |
| 18 | يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ |
| On that day all of you will be brought forth, so none among you wishing to hide will be able to hide. | |
| 19 | فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ |
| So whoever is given his book in his right hand – he will say, “Take, read my account!” | |
| 20 | إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ |
| “I was certain that I will confront my account.” | |
| 21 | فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ |
| He is therefore in the desired serenity. | |
| 22 | فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ |
| In a lofty Garden – | |
| 23 | قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ |
| The fruit clusters of which are hanging down. | |
| 24 | كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ |
| “Eat and drink with pleasure – the reward of what you sent ahead, in the past days.” | |
| 25 | وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ |
| And whoever is given his book in his left hand – he will say, “Alas, if only my account were not given to me!” | |
| 26 | وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ |
| “And had never come to know my account!” | |
| 27 | يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ |
| “Alas, if only it had been just death.” | |
| 28 | مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ |
| “My wealth did not in the least benefit me.” | |
| 29 | هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ |
| “All my power has vanished.” | |
| 30 | خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ |
| It will be said, “Seize him, and shackle him.” | |
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31 |
ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ |
| “Then hurl him into the blazing fire.” | |
| 32 | ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ |
| “Then bind him inside a chain which is seventy arm-lengths.” | |
| 33 | إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ |
| “Indeed he refused to accept faith in Allah, the Greatest.” | |
| 34 | وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ |
| “And did not urge to feed the needy.” | |
| 35 | فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ |
| “So he does not have any friend here this day.” | |
| 36 | وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ |
| “Nor any food except the pus discharged from the people of hell.” | |
| 37 | لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ |
| “Which none except the guilty shall eat.” | |
| 38 | فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ |
| So by oath of the things you see. | |
| 39 | وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ |
| And by oath of those you do not see. | |
| 40 | إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ |
| This Qur’an is the speech of Allah with a gracious Noble Messenger. | |
| 41 | وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ |
| And it is not the speech of a poet; how little do you believe! | |
| 42 | وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ |
| Nor is it the speech of a soothsayer; how little do you ponder! | |
| 43 | تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
| Sent down by the Lord Of The Creation. | |
| 44 | وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ |
| And had he fabricated just one matter upon Us – | |
| 45 | لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ |
| We would have definitely taken revenge from him. | |
| 46 | ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ |
| Then would have cut off his heart’s artery. | |
| 47 | فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ |
| Then none among you would be his saviour. | |
| 48 | وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ |
| And indeed this Qur’an is an advice for the pious. | |
| 49 | وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ |
| And indeed We know that some among you are deniers. | |
| 50 | وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ |
| And indeed it is a despair for the disbelievers. | |
| 51 | وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ |
| And indeed it is a certain Truth. | |
| 52 | فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ |
| Therefore (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), proclaim the purity of your Lord, the Greatest. | |