Al-Ĥāqqah

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Alhaqqa

The Inevitable Hour!

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Ma alhaqqa

What is the Inevitable Hour?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

Wama adraka ma alhaqqa

What will explain to you what the Inevitable Hour is?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bilqariAAa

The people of Thamud and 'Ad denied that the crashing blow would come:

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bittaghiya

Thamud was destroyed by a deafening blast;

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehinsarsarin AAatiya

Ad was destroyed by a furious wind

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

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalinwathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fataraalqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazunakhlin khawiya

that God let loose against them for seven consecutive nights, eight consecutive days, so that you could have seen its people lying dead like hollow palm-trunks.

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

Fahal tara lahum min baqiya

Can you see any trace of them now?

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu walmu/tafikatubilkhati-a

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

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahumakhthatan rabiya

these people committed grave sins and disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an ever-tightening grip.

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

Inna lamma taghaalmao hamalnakum fee aljariya

But when the Flood rose high, We saved you in the floating ship,

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratanwataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya

making that event a reminder for you: attentive ears may take heed.

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorinafkhatun wahida

When the Trumpet is sounded a single time,

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

Wahumilati al-ardu waljibalufadukkata dakkatan wahida

when the earth and its mountains are raised high and then crushed with a single blow,

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa

on that Day the Great Event will come to pass.

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

Wanshaqqati assamaofahiya yawma-ithin wahiya

The sky will be torn apart on that Day, it will be so frail.

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ

Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya

The angels will be on all sides of it and, on that Day, eight of them will bear the throne of your Lord above them.

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya

On that Day you will be brought to judgement and none of your secrets will remain hidden.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Faamma man ootiya kitabahubiyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

Anyone who is given his Record in his right hand will say, ‘Here is my Record, read it.

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

Innee thanantu annee mulaqinhisabiyah

I knew I would meet my Reckoning,’

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya

and so he will have a pleasant life

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Fee jannatin AAaliya

in a lofty Garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Qutoofuha daniya

with clustered fruit within his reach.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimaaslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliya

It will be said, ‘Eat and drink to your heart’s content as a reward for what you have done in days gone by.’

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Waamma man ootiya kitabahubishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

But anyone who is given his Record in his left hand will say, ‘If only I had never been given any Record

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

and knew nothing of my Reckoning.

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya

How I wish death had been the end of me.

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

My wealth has been no use to me,

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

and my power has vanished.’

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Khuthoohu faghullooh

‘Take him, put a collar on him,

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Thumma aljaheema sallooh

lead him to burn in the blazing Fire,

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh

and [bind him] in a chain seventy metres long:

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Innahu kana la yu/minu billahialAAatheem

he would not believe in Almighty God,

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wala yahuddu AAalataAAami almiskeen

he never encouraged feeding the hungry,

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameem

so today he has no real friend here,

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

Wala taAAamun illamin ghisleen

and the only food he has is the filth

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

La ya/kuluhu illa alkhati-oon

that only sinners eat.’

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroon

So I swear by what you can see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Wama la tubsiroon

and by what you cannot see:

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

this [Quran] is the speech of an honoured messenger,

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirinqaleelan ma tu/minoon

not the words of a poet- how little you believe!-

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelanma tathakkaroon

nor the words of a soothsayer- how little you reflect!

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameen

This [Quran] is a message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds:

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAdaal-aqaweel

if [the Prophet] had attributed some fabrication to Us,

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

Laakhathna minhu bilyameen

We would certainly have seized his right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

Thumma laqataAAna minhualwateen

and cut off his lifeblood,

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeen

and none of you could have defended him.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Wa-innahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeen

This [Quran] is a reminder for those who are aware of God.

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

Wa-inna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeen

We know that some of you consider it to be lies-

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Wa-innahu lahasratun AAala alkafireen

this will be a source of bitter regret for the disbelievers-

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

Wa-innahu lahaqqu alyaqeen

but it is in fact the certain Truth.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Fasabbih bismi rabbika alAAatheem

So [Prophet] glorify the name of your Lord, the Almighty.