Al-Haaqqa

Alhaqqa

The Inevitable Reality -

Ma alhaqqa

What is the Inevitable Reality?

Wama adraka ma alhaqqa

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

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bilqariAAa

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

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bittaghiya

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

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehinsarsarin AAatiya

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

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalinwathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fataraalqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazunakhlin khawiya

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.

Fahal tara lahum min baqiya

Then do you see of them any remains?

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu walmu/tafikatubilkhati-a

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

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahumakhthatan rabiya

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

Inna lamma taghaalmao hamalnakum fee aljariya

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

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratanwataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya

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

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorinafkhatun wahida

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

Wahumilati al-ardu waljibalufadukkata dakkatan wahida

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

Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa

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

Wanshaqqati assamaofahiya yawma-ithin wahiya

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

Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya

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

Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya

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

Faamma man ootiya kitabahubiyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

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

Innee thanantu annee mulaqinhisabiyah

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

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya

So he will be in a pleasant life -

Fee jannatin AAaliya

In an elevated garden,

Qutoofuha daniya

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimaaslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliya

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

Waamma man ootiya kitabahubishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

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

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

And had not known what is my account.

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya

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

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

My wealth has not availed me.

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

Gone from me is my authority."

Khuthoohu faghullooh

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

Thumma aljaheema sallooh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh

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

Innahu kana la yu/minu billahialAAatheem

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

Wala yahuddu AAalataAAami almiskeen

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameem

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

Wala taAAamun illamin ghisleen

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

La ya/kuluhu illa alkhati-oon

None will eat it except the sinners.

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroon

So I swear by what you see

Wama la tubsiroon

And what you do not see

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

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

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirinqaleelan ma tu/minoon

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

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelanma tathakkaroon

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

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameen

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

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAdaal-aqaweel

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

Laakhathna minhu bilyameen

We would have seized him by the right hand;

Thumma laqataAAna minhualwateen

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeen

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

Wa-innahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeen

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

Wa-inna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeen

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

Wa-innahu lahasratun AAala alkafireen

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

Wa-innahu lahaqqu alyaqeen

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

Fasabbih bismi rabbika alAAatheem

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