Surah Al-Haqqah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 69:1 ▶

   ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ﴿١﴾

   al-ḥāqqah

   The Inevitable Reality -

2. 69:2 ▶

   مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ﴿٢﴾

   ma l-ḥāqqah

   What is the Inevitable Reality?

3. 69:3 ▶

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ﴿٣﴾

   wamā 'adrāka ma l-ḥāqqah

   And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

4. 69:4 ▶

   كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ﴿٤﴾

   kadhdhabat thamūdu waʿādum bil-qāriʿah

   Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

5. 69:5 ▶

   فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ﴿٥﴾

   fa'ammā thamūdu fa'uhlikū biṭ-ṭāghiyah

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

6. 69:6 ▶

   وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ﴿٦﴾

   wa'ammā ʿādun fa'uhlikū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyah

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

   Or "cold."

7. 69:7 ▶

   سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ ﴿٧﴾

   sakhkharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layāliw wathamāniyata 'ayyāmin ḥusūman fatara l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka'annahum 'aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyah

   Which He [i.e., Allāh] 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.

8. 69:8 ▶

   فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ ﴿٨﴾

   fahal tarā lahum mim bāqiyah

   Then do you see of them any remains?

9. 69:9 ▶

   وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ ﴿٩﴾

   wajā'a firʿawnu waman qablahū wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi'ah

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

   Those to which Lot was sent (see 11:82-83) or generally, all cities which were destroyed due to their denial of a messenger from Allāh.

10. 69:10 ▶

    فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً ﴿١٠﴾

    faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa'akhadhahum 'akhdhatar rābiyah

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

11. 69:11 ▶

    إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ ﴿١١﴾

    innā lammā ṭagha l-mā'u ḥamalnākum fi l-jāriyah

    Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship

    Which was constructed by Noah.

12. 69:12 ▶

    لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ ﴿١٢﴾

    linajʿalahā lakum tadhkirataw wataʿiyahā 'udhunuw wāʿiyah

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

13. 69:13 ▶

    فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ﴿١٣﴾

    fa'idhā nufikha fi ṣ-ṣūri nafkhatuw wāḥidah

    Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

14. 69:14 ▶

    وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ﴿١٤﴾

    waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkataw wāḥidah

    And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -

15. 69:15 ▶

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ﴿١٥﴾

    fayawma'idhiw waqaʿati l-wāqiʿah

    Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,

16. 69:16 ▶

    وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ﴿١٦﴾

    wanshaqqati s-samā'u fahiya yawma'idhiw wāhiyah

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

    i.e., weak, enfeebled and unstable.

17. 69:17 ▶

    وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ ﴿١٧﴾

    wal-malaku ʿalā 'arjā'ihā | wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma'idhin thamāniyah

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

18. 69:18 ▶

    يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ ﴿١٨﴾

    yawma'idhin tuʿraḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyah

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

    i.e., any person or any secret you might attempt to conceal.

19. 69:19 ▶

    فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ﴿١٩﴾

    fa'ammā man 'ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnihī fayaqūlu hā'umu qra'ū kitābiyah

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

20. 69:20 ▶

    إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ ﴿٢٠﴾

    innī ẓanantu 'annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah

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

21. 69:21 ▶

    فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ﴿٢١﴾

    fahuwa fī ʿīshatir rāḍiyah

    So he will be in a pleasant life -

22. 69:22 ▶

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

    fī jannatin ʿāliyah

    In an elevated garden,

23. 69:23 ▶

    قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

    quṭūfuhā dāniyah

    Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

24. 69:24 ▶

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ ﴿٢٤﴾

    kulū washrabū hanī'am bimā 'aslaftum fi l-ayyāmi l-khāliyah

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

    Literally, "advanced" in anticipation of reward in the Hereafter.

25. 69:25 ▶

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ﴿٢٥﴾

    wa'ammā man 'ūtiya kitābahū bishimālihī fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam 'ūta kitābiyah

    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

26. 69:26 ▶

    وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ ﴿٢٦﴾

    walam 'adri mā ḥisābiyah

    And had not known what is my account.

27. 69:27 ▶

    يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyah

    I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.

    i.e., ending life rather than being the gateway to eternal life.

28. 69:28 ▶

    مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ ﴿٢٨﴾

    mā 'aghnā ʿannī māliyah

    My wealth has not availed me.

29. 69:29 ▶

    هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ ﴿٢٩﴾

    halaka ʿannī sulṭāniyah

    Gone from me is my authority."

    i.e., I have no valid excuse to stand on.

30. 69:30 ▶

    خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ﴿٣٠﴾

    khudhūhu faghullūh

    [Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

31. 69:31 ▶

    ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ﴿٣١﴾

    thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

    Then into Hellfire drive him.

32. 69:32 ▶

    ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ ﴿٣٢﴾

    thumma fī silsilatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan faslukūh

    Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

33. 69:33 ▶

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٣٣﴾

    innahū kāna lā yu'minu billāhi l-ʿaẓīm

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

34. 69:34 ▶

    وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿٣٤﴾

    walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-miskīn

    Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

35. 69:35 ▶

    فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ ﴿٣٥﴾

    falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīm

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

36. 69:36 ▶

    وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ ﴿٣٦﴾

    walā ṭaʿāmun 'illā min ghislīn

    Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

37. 69:37 ▶

    لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    lā ya'kuluhū 'illa l-khāṭi'ūn

    None will eat it except the sinners.

38. 69:38 ▶

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    falā 'uqsimu bimā tubṣirūn

    So I swear by what you see

39. 69:39 ▶

    وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    wamā lā tubṣirūn

    And what you do not see

40. 69:40 ▶

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿٤٠﴾

    innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm

    [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.

41. 69:41 ▶

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    wamā huwa biqawli shāʿir | qalīlam mā tu'minūn

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

42. 69:42 ▶

    وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    walā biqawli kāhin | qalīlam mā tadhakkarūn

    Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

43. 69:43 ▶

    تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    tanzīlum mir rabbi l-ʿālamīn

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

44. 69:44 ▶

    وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ ﴿٤٤﴾

    walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīl

    And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

45. 69:45 ▶

    لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ﴿٤٥﴾

    la'akhadhnā minhu bil-yamīn

    We would have seized him by the right hand;

    Another interpretation is "by [Our] right hand," i.e., Allāh would have exacted revenge with might and power.

46. 69:46 ▶

    ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    thumma laqaṭaʿnā minhu l-watīn

    Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

    Causing immediate death.

47. 69:47 ▶

    فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    famā minkum min 'aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn

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

48. 69:48 ▶

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    wa'innahū latadhkiratul lil-muttaqīn

    And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.

49. 69:49 ▶

    وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    wa'innā lanaʿlamu 'anna minkum mukadhdhibīn

    And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

50. 69:50 ▶

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    wa'innahū laḥasratun ʿala l-kāfirīn

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

51. 69:51 ▶

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ﴿٥١﴾

    wa'innahū laḥaqqu l-yaqīn

    And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

52. 69:52 ▶

    فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٥٢﴾

    fasabbiḥ bismi rabbika l-ʿaẓīm

    So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.