اَلۡحَآقَّةُۙ‏

Al-Ĥāqqahu

The Inevitable Reality

مَا الۡحَآقَّةُۚ‏

Mā Al-Ĥāqqahu

What is the Inevitable Reality

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الۡحَآقَّةُؕ‏

Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-Ĥāqqahu

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ وَعَادٌۭ بِالۡقَارِعَةِ

Kadhabat Thamūdu Wa `Ādun Bil-Qāri`ahi

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity

فَاَمَّا ثَمُوۡدُ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

Fa'ammā Thamūdu Fa'uhlikū Biţ-Ţāghiyahi

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

وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِرِيۡحٍ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ‏

Wa 'Ammā `Ādun Fa'uhlikū Birīĥin Şarşarin `Ātiyahin

And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوۡمًا فَتَرَي الۡقَوۡمَ فِيۡهَا صَرۡعٰيۙ كَاَنَّهُمۡ اَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۚ‏

Sakhkharahā `Alayhim Sab`a Layālin Wa Thamāniyata 'Ayyāmin Ĥusūmāan Fatará Al-Qawma Fīhā Şar`á Ka'annahum 'A`jāzu Nakhlin Khāwiyahin

Which Allah 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

فَهَلۡ تَرٰي لَهُمۡ مِّنۭۡ بَاقِيَةٍ

Fahal Tará Lahum Min Bāqiyahin

Then do you see of them any remains

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَنۡ قَبۡلَهٗ وَالۡمُؤۡتَفِكٰتُ بِالۡخَاطِئَةِۚ‏

Wa Jā'a Fir`awnu Wa Man Qablahu Wa Al-Mu'utafikātu Bil-Khāţi'ahi

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

فَعَصَوۡا رَسُوۡلَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَاَخَذَهُمۡ اَخۡذَةً رَّابِيَةً

Fa`aşaw Rasūla Rabbihim Fa'akhadhahum 'Akhdhatan Rābiyahan

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

اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنٰكُمۡ فِي الۡجَارِيَةِۙ‏

Innā Lammā Ţaghá Al-Mā'u Ĥamalnākum Fī Al-Jāriyahi

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةً وَّتَعِيَهَا٘ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِيَةٌ

Linaj`alahā Lakum Tadhkiratan Wa Ta`iyahā 'Udhunun Wā`iyahun

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

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّوۡرِ نَفۡخَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌۙ‏

Fa'idhā Nufikha Fī Aş-Şūri Nafkhatun Wāĥidahun

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَّحُمِلَتِ الۡاَرۡضُ وَالۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَّاحِدَةًۙ‏

Wa Ĥumilati Al-'Arđu Wa Al-Jibālu Fadukkatā Dakkatan Wāĥidahan

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow

فَيَوۡمَئِذٍ وَّقَعَتِ الۡوَاقِعَةُۙ‏

Fayawma'idhin Waqa`ati Al-Wāqi`ahu

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur

وَانۡشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ وَّاهِيَةٌۙ‏

Wa Anshaqqati As-Samā'u Fahiya Yawma'idhin Wa Ahiyahun

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

وَّالۡمَلَكُ عَلٰ٘ي اَرۡجَآئِهَاؕ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ثَمٰنِيَةٌؕ‏

Wa Al-Malaku `Alá 'Arjā'ihā Wa Yaĥmilu `Arsha Rabbika Fawqahum Yawma'idhin Thamāniyahun

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

يَوۡمَئِذٍ تُعۡرَضُوۡنَ لَا تَخۡفٰي مِنۡكُمۡ خَافِيَةٌ

Yawma'idhin Tu`rađūna Lā Takhfá Minkum Khāfiyahun

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

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيۡنِهٖ فَيَقُوۡلُ هَآؤُمُ اقۡرَءُوۡا كِتٰبِيَهۡۚ‏

Fa'ammā Man 'Ūtiya Kitābahu Biyamīnihi Fayaqūlu Hā'uum Aqra'ū Kitābī

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

اِنِّيۡ ظَنَنۡتُ اَنِّيۡ مُلٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡۚ‏

Innī Žanantu 'Annī Mulāqin Ĥisābiyah

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

فَهُوَ فِيۡ عِيۡشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍۙ‏

Fahuwa Fī `Īshatin Rāđiyahin

So he will be in a pleasant life

فِيۡ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ‏

Fī Jannatin `Āliyahin

In an elevated garden

قُطُوۡفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Quţūfuhā Dāniyahun

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near

كُلُوۡا وَاشۡرَبُوۡا هَنِيۡٓـًٔاۭ بِمَا٘ اَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي الۡاَيَّامِ الۡخَالِيَةِ

Kulū Wa Ashrabū Hanī'āan Bimā 'Aslaftum Fī Al-'Ayyāmi Al-Khāliyahi

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

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِشِمَالِهٖ ࣢ۙ فَيَقُوۡلُ يٰلَيۡتَنِيۡ لَمۡ اُوۡتَ كِتٰبِيَهۡۚ‏

Wa 'Ammā Man 'Ūtiya Kitābahu Bishimālihi Fayaqūlu Yā Laytanī Lam 'Ūta Kitābīh

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

وَلَمۡ اَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡۚ‏

Wa Lam 'Adri Mā Ĥisābīh

And had not known what is my account

يٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ الۡقَاضِيَةَۚ‏

Yā Laytahā Kānati Al-Qāđiyaha

I wish my death had been the decisive one

مَا٘ اَغۡنٰي عَنِّيۡ مَالِيَهۡۚ‏

Mā 'Aghná `Annī Mālīh

My wealth has not availed me

هَلَكَ عَنِّيۡ سُلۡطٰنِيَهۡۚ‏

Halaka `Annī Sulţānīh

Gone from me is my authority

خُذُوۡهُ فَغُلُّوۡهُۙ‏

Khudhūhu Faghullūhu

[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him

ثُمَّ الۡجَحِيۡمَ صَلُّوۡهُۙ‏

Thumma Al-Jaĥīma Şallūhu

Then into Hellfire drive him

ثُمَّ فِيۡ سِلۡسِلَةٍ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُوۡنَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسۡلُكُوۡهُؕ‏

Thumma Fī Silsilatin Dhar`uhā Sab`ūna Dhirā`āan Fāslukūhu

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ الۡعَظِيۡمِۙ‏

Innahu Kāna Lā Yu'uminu Billāhi Al-`Ažīmi

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

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلٰي طَعَامِ الۡمِسۡكِيۡنِؕ‏

Wa Lā Yaĥuđđu `Alá Ţa`āmi Al-Miskīni

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ الۡيَوۡمَ هٰهُنَا حَمِيۡمٌۙ‏

Falaysa Lahu Al-Yawma Hāhunā Ĥamīmun

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

وَّلَا طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِيۡنٍۙ‏

Wa Lā Ţa`āmun 'Illā Min Ghislīnin

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds

لَّا يَاۡكُلُهٗ٘ اِلَّا الۡخٰطِـُٔوۡنَࣖ‏

Lā Ya'kuluhu 'Illā Al-Khāţi'ūna

None will eat it except the sinners

فَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَۙ‏

Falā 'Uqsimu Bimā Tubşirūna

So I swear by what you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَۙ‏

Wa Mā Lā Tubşirūna

And what you do not see

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُوۡلٍ كَرِيۡمٍۚۙ‏

Innahu Laqawlu Rasūlin Karīmin

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger

وَّمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٍؕ قَلِيۡلًا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُوۡنَۙ‏

Wa Mā Huwa Biqawli Shā`irin Qalīlāan Mā Tu'uminūna

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

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٍؕ قَلِيۡلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوۡنَؕ‏

Wa Lā Biqawli Kāhinin Qalīlāan Mā Tadhakkarūna

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember

تَنۡزِيۡلٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ

Tanzīlun Min Rabbi Al-`Ālamīna

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

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ الۡاَقَاوِيۡلِۙ‏

Wa Law Taqawwala `Alaynā Ba`đa Al-'Aqāwīli

And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings

لَاَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِالۡيَمِيۡنِۙ‏

La'akhadhnā Minhu Bil-Yamīni

We would have seized him by the right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ الۡوَتِيۡنَؗۖ‏

Thumma Laqaţa`nā Minhu Al-Watīna

Then We would have cut from him the aorta

فَمَا مِنۡكُمۡ مِّنۡ اَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حٰجِزِيۡنَ

Famā Minkum Min 'Aĥadin `Anhu Ĥājizīna

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

وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَذۡكِرَةٌ لِّلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ

Wa 'Innahu Latadhkiratun Lilmuttaqīna

And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous

وَاِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ اَنَّ مِنۡكُمۡ مُّكَذِّبِيۡنَ

Wa 'Innā Lana`lamu 'Anna Minkum Mukadhibīna

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَي الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ

Wa 'Innahu Laĥasratun `Alá Al-Kāfirīna

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

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَقُّ الۡيَقِيۡنِ

Wa 'Innahu Laĥaqqu Al-Yaqīni

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty

فَسَبِّحۡ بِاسۡمِ رَبِّكَ الۡعَظِيۡمِࣖ‏

Fasabbiĥ Biāsmi Rabbika Al-`Ažīmi

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great