Surah Al-Haqqah

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1. 1

   ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

   The Inevitable Reality -

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2. 2

   مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

   What is the Inevitable Reality?

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3. 3

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

   And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

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4. 4

   كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

   Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

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5. 5

   فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

   So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

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6. 6

   وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

   And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming,1 violent wind

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7. 7

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

   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.

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8. 8

   فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

   Then do you see of them any remains?

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9. 9

   وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

   And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities1 with sin.

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10. 10

    فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

    And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

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11. 11

    إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

    Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship1

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12. 12

    لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

    That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

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13. 13

    فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

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14. 14

    وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

    And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -

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15. 15

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

    Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,

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16. 16

    وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

    And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.1

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17. 17

    وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ

    And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

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18. 18

    يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

    That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.1

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19. 19

    فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

    So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!

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20. 20

    إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

    Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

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21. 21

    فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

    So he will be in a pleasant life -

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22. 22

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    In an elevated garden,

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23. 23

    قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

    Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

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24. 24

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

    [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth1 in the days past."

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25. 25

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

    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

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26. 26

    وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

    And had not known what is my account.

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27. 27

    يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

    I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.1

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28. 28

    مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

    My wealth has not availed me.

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29. 29

    هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

    Gone from me is my authority."1

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30. 30

    خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

    [Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

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31. 31

    ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

    Then into Hellfire drive him.

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32. 32

    ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

    Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

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33. 33

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,

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34. 34

    وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

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35. 35

    فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

    So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

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36. 36

    وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

    Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

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37. 37

    لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

    None will eat it except the sinners.

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38. 38

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    So I swear by what you see

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39. 39

    وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    And what you do not see

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40. 40

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

    [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.

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41. 41

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

    And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.

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42. 42

    وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

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43. 43

    تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

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44. 44

    وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

    And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

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45. 45

    لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

    We would have seized him by the right hand;1

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46. 46

    ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

    Then We would have cut from him the aorta.1

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47. 47

    فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ

    And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

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48. 48

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

    And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.

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49. 49

    وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

    And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

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50. 50

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

    And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

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51. 51

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

    And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

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52. 52

    فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

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