Al-Haaqqa

Al haaaqqah

The Inevitable Reality -

Mal haaaqqah

What is the Inevitable Reality?

Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah

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

Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah

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

Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah

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

Sakhkharahaa 'alaihim sab'a la yaalinw wa samaaniyata ayyaamin husooman fataral qawma feehaa sar'aa ka annahum a'jaazu nakhlin khaawiyah

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.

Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah

Then do you see of them any remains?

Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah

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

Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah

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

Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

Linaj'alahaa lakum tazki ratanw-wa ta'iyahaa unzununw waa'iyah

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

Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -

Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah

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

Wal malaku 'alaaa arjaaa'ihaa; wa yahmilu 'Arsha Rabbika fawqahum yawma'izin samaaniyah

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

Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah

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

Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenihee fa yaqoolu haaa'umuq ra'oo kitaabiyah

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

Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah

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

Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah

So he will be in a pleasant life -

Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah

In an elevated garden,

Qutoofuhaa daaniyah

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

Kuloo washraboo haneee'am bimaaa aslaftum fil ayyaamil khaliyah

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

Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah

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

Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah

And had not known what is my account.

Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah

I wish my death had been the decisive one.

Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah

My wealth has not availed me.

Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah

Gone from me is my authority."

Khuzoohu faghullooh

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

Summal Jaheema sallooh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

Summa fee silsilatin zar'uhaa sab'oona ziraa'an faslukooh

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

Innahoo kaana laa yu'minubillaahil 'Azeem

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

wa laa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aamil miskeen

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

Falaysa lahul yawma haahunaa hameem

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

Wa laa ta'aamun illaa min ghisleen

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

Laa yaakuluhooo illal khati'oon

None will eat it except the sinners.

Falaaa uqsimu bimaa tubsiroon

So I swear by what you see

Wa maa laa tubsiroon

And what you do not see

Innahoo laqawlu Rasoolin kareem

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.

Wa ma huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelam maa tu'minoon

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

Wa laa biqawli kaahin; qaleelam maa tazakkaroon

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

Tanzeelum mir rabbil 'aalameen

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

Wa law taqawwala 'alainaa ba'dal aqaaweel

And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

La-akhaznaa minhu bilyameen

We would have seized him by the right hand;

Summa laqata'naa minhul wateen

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

Famaa minkum min ahadin'anhu haajizeen

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

Wa innahoo latazkiratul lilmuttaqeen

And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.

Wa inna lana'lamu anna minkum mukazzibeen

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

Wa innahu lahasratun 'alal kaafireen

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

Wa innahoo lahaqqul yaqeen

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.