The Reality
Al-Haqqah
69:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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69:2
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
The Inevitable Hour!
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69:3
مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Hour?
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69:4
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
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69:5
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.
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69:6
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.
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69:7
وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ
And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
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69:8
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٖ
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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69:9
فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ
Do you see any of them left alive?
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69:10
وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ
Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,
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69:11
فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً
each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.
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69:12
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ
Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,
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69:13
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ
so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.
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69:14
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast,
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69:15
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ
and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow,
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69:16
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ
on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.
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69:17
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ
The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail,
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69:18
وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ
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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69:19
يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةٞ
You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.
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69:20
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ
As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!
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69:21
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ
I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”
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69:22
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
They will be in a life of bliss,
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69:23
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
in an elevated Garden,
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69:24
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ
whose fruit will hang within reach.
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69:25
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ
˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”
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69:26
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ
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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69:27
وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ
nor known anything of my reckoning!
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69:28
يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ
I wish death was the end!
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69:29
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ
My wealth has not benefited me!
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69:30
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ
My authority has been stripped from me.”
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69:31
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them,
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69:32
ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
then burn them in Hell,
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69:33
ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ
then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.
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69:34
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest,
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69:35
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
nor encouraged the feeding of the poor.
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69:36
فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ
So this Day they will have no close friend here,
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69:37
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ
nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus,
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69:38
لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ
which none will eat except the evildoers.”
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69:39
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
Now, I do swear by whatever you see,
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69:40
وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ
and whatever you cannot see!
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69:41
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger.
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69:42
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ
It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.
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69:43
وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.
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69:44
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.
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69:45
وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ
Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name,
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69:46
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,
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69:47
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ
then severed his aorta,
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69:48
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!
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69:49
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺.
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69:50
وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial,
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69:51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.
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69:52
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth.
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69:53
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.
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