بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
English Translation:
The Inevitable Reality
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
English Translation:
What is the Inevitable Reality
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
English Translation:
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
English Translation:
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
English Translation:
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast]
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
English Translation:
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
English Translation:
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
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
English Translation:
Then do you see of them any remains
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
English Translation:
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
English Translation:
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity]
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
English Translation:
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
English Translation:
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
English Translation:
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
English Translation:
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
English Translation:
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
English Translation:
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ
English Translation:
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them]
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
English Translation:
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
English Translation:
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
English Translation:
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
English Translation:
So he will be in a pleasant life
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
English Translation:
In an elevated garden
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
English Translation:
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
English Translation:
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
English Translation:
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
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
English Translation:
And had not known what is my account
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
English Translation:
I wish my death had been the decisive one
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ
English Translation:
My wealth has not availed me
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
English Translation:
Gone from me is my authority
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
English Translation:
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
English Translation:
Then into Hellfire drive him
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
English Translation:
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
English Translation:
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
English Translation:
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
English Translation:
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
English Translation:
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
English Translation:
None will eat it except the sinners
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
English Translation:
So I swear by what you see
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
English Translation:
And what you do not see
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
English Translation:
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
English Translation:
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
English Translation:
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation:
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
English Translation:
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
English Translation:
We would have seized him by the right hand
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
English Translation:
Then We would have cut from him the aorta
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
English Translation:
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
English Translation:
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
English Translation:
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
English Translation:
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
English Translation:
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
English Translation:
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great