Surah Al-Haaqqa

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

The sure calamity!

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

What is the sure calamity!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe punishment.

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.

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

Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

Do you then see of them one remaining?

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously committed sins.

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

And they disobeyed the Apostle of their Lord, so He punished them with a vehement punishment.

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear might retain it.

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a single crushing.

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

On that day shall the great event come to pass,

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be frail,

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ

And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them eight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

On that day you shall be exposed to view-- no secret of yours shall remain hidden.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say: Lo! read my book:

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

So he shall be in a life of pleasure,

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

In a lofty garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

The fruits of which are near at hand:

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone by.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O would that my book had never been given me:

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

And I had not known what my account was:

يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

O would that it had made an end (of me):

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ

My wealth has availed me nothing:

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ

My authority is gone away from me.

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Then cast him into the burning fire,

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

Therefore he has not here today a true friend,

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

Nor any food except refuse,

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ

Which none but the wrongdoers eat.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

But nay! I swear by that which you see,

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

And that which you do not see.

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Apostle,

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

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

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.

تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

And most surely it is the true certainty

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Therefore-glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.