Al-Haqqa

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1 The indubitable event! الْحَاقَّةُ
2 And what is that indubitable event? مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
3 And what do you know what that indubitable event is? وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
4 The Thamud and the Ad denied the (possibility of a) sudden calamity, calling it false. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
5 Then the Thamud were destroyed by an awesome upheaval; فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
6 and the Ad were destroyed by a furiously raging wind-storm وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
7 which He let loose upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession; so that (if you had been there) you might have seen people lying prostrate, as though they were uprooted trunks of hollowed palm trees. سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
8 Do you now see any trace of them? فَهَلْ تَرَى لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
9 Pharaoh and those before him and the people of the overturned habitations all engaged in the same great sin. وَجَاء فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
10 They did not follow the Messenger of their Lord, and so He seized them with a severe grip. فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
11 Verily when the water rose to great heights, We bore you upon a floating vessel (i.e. the Ark) إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاء حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ
12 so that We might make it an instructive event for you, and retentive ears might preserve its memory. لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ
13 So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
14 and the earth and the mountains are carried aloft and are crushed to bits at one stroke, وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً
15 on that Day shall that indubitable event come to pass; فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
16 when the sky will be rent asunder, the grip holding it together having loosened on that Day, وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاء فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
17 and the angels will stand on the sides, with eight of them bearing aloft the Throne of your Lord on that Day. وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَى أَرْجَائِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
18 That will be the Day when you shall be brought forth (before Allah) and no secret of yours shall remain hidden. يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَى مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
19 On that Day, he whose Record is given to him in his right hand will say: “Lo! Read my Record! فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَؤُوا كِتَابِيهْ
20 Verily I was sure that I would be handed over my account.” إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيهْ
21 Then he shall find himself in a life of bliss; فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
22 in a lofty Garden فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
23 the clusters of whose fruit will be hanging low to be within reach (of the inmates of Paradise). قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
24 (They will be told): “Eat and drink with good cheer as a reward for the good deeds you did in the days that have passed by.” كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ
25 As for him whose Record will be given to him in his left hand, he will exclaim: “Would that I had never been given my Record, وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيهْ
26 and had not known my account. وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيهْ
27 Oh! Would that the death that came to me in the world had made an end of me! يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ
28 My riches have not availed me, مَا أَغْنَى عَنِّي مَالِيهْ
29 and my authority has vanished.” هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيهْ
30 (A command will be issued): “Seize him and shackle him, خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
31 then cast him in the Fire, ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
32 then fasten him with a chain, seventy cubits long. ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ
33 He would not believe in Allah, the Most Great; إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
34 nor would he urge the feeding of the poor. وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
35 Today he has been left here friendless; فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
36 and has no food except the filth from the washing of wounds, وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
37 which only the sinners will eat.” لَا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِؤُونَ
38 But no; I swear by what you see, فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
39 and by what you do not see, وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
40 that this is the speech of an honourable Messenger, إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
41 not the speech of a poet. Little do you believe! وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَا تُؤْمِنُونَ
42 Nor is this the speech of a soothsayer. Little do you reflect! وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
43 It has been revealed by the Lord of the Universe. تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
44 And if he [i.e., the Prophets] had forged this Discourse and thereafter ascribed it to Us, وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ
45 We would surely have seized him by the right hand, لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ
46 and then severed his life vein; ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ
47 and not one of you would have been able to withhold Us from doing so. فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ
48 Surely it is a Good Counsel for the God-fearing. وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
49 We certainly know that some among you will give the lie to it, وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
50 and surely it will be a cause of regret for the unbelievers. وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
51 Certainly it is a Truth of absolute certainty. وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ
52 So glorify the name of your Lord Most Great. فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
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