Surah 69 - The Reality (Al-Haqqah)

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ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

The Inevitable Hour

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مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

What is the Inevitable Hour?

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3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?

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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

Both Thamûd and \'Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster

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فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

As for Thamûd، they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast

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وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ

And as for \'Ȃd، they were destroyed by a furious، bitter wind

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سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ

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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8

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ

Do you see any of them left alive?

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وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

Also، Pharaoh and those before him، and the people of the overturned cities of Lot indulged in sin،

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10

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً

each disobeying their Lord\'s messenger، so He seized them with a crushing grip

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إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

Indeed، when the floodwater had overflowed، We carried you in the floating Ark with Noah،

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12

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ

so that We may make this a reminder to you، and that attentive ears may grasp it

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فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

At last، when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast،

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وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ

and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow،

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فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass

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وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ

The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail،

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وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌۭ

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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18

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ

You will then be presented before Him for judgment، and none of your secrets will stay hidden

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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

As for those given their records in their right hand، they will cry happily، "Here everyone Read my record

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إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

I surely knew I would face my reckoning"

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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

They will be in a life of bliss،

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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ

in an elevated Garden،

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23

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ

whose fruit will hang within reach

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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

They will be told، "Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by"

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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

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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وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

nor known anything of my reckoning

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يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

I wish death was the end

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28

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

My wealth has not benefited me

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هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ

My authority has been stripped from me"

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30

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

It will be said، "Seize and shackle them،

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31

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

then burn them in Hell،

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ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

then tie them up with chains seventy arms long

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إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

For they never had faith in Allah، the Greatest،

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وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

nor encouraged the feeding of the poor

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فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ

So this Day they will have no close friend here،

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وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ

nor any food except oozing pus،

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لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ

which none will eat except the evildoers"

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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Now، I do swear by whatever you see،

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وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

and whatever you cannot see

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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

Indeed، this Quran is the recitation of a noble Messenger

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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

It is not the prose of a poet as you claim، yet you hardly have any faith

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وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller، yet you are hardly mindful

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تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

It is a revelation from the Lord of all worlds

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وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name،

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لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

We would have certainly seized him by his right hand،

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ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

then severed his aorta،

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فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

and none of you could have shielded him from Us

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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Indeed، this Quran is a reminder to those mindful of Allah

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وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial،

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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers

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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

And indeed، this Quran is the absolute truth

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فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

So glorify the Name of your Lord، the Greatest

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