69. Al-Haqqaالحاقة

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلْحَآقَّةُ١1

   The Inevitable Reality -

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2. مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ٢2

   What is the Inevitable Reality?

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3. وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ٣3

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

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4. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ٤4

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

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5. فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ٥5

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

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6. وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ٦6

   And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming,^[1737] violent wind

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7. سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ٧7

   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.

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8. فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ٨8

   Then do you see of them any remains?

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9. وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ٩9

   And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities^[1738] with sin.

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10. فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً١٠10

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

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11. إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ١١11

    Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship^[1739]

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12. لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ١٢12

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

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13. فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ١٣13

    Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

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14. وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً١٤14

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

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15. فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ١٥15

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

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16. وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ١٦16

    And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.^[1740]

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17. وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ١٧17

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

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18. يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ١٨18

    That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.^[1741]

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19. فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ١٩19

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

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20. إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ٢٠20

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

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21. فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ٢١21

    So he will be in a pleasant life -

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22. فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ٢٢22

    In an elevated garden,

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23. قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ٢٣23

    Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

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24. كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ٢٤24

    [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth^[1742] in the days past."

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25. وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ٢٥25

    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

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26. وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ٢٦26

    And had not known what is my account.

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27. يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ٢٧27

    I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.^[1743]

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28. مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْۜ٢٨28

    My wealth has not availed me.

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29. هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ٢٩29

    Gone from me is my authority."^[1744]

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30. خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ٣٠30

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

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31. ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ٣١31

    Then into Hellfire drive him.

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32. ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ٣٢32

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

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33. إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ٣٣33

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

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34. وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ٣٤34

    Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

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35. فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ٣٥35

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

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36. وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ٣٦36

    Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

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37. لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ٣٧37

    None will eat it except the sinners.

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38. فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ٣٨38

    So I swear by what you see

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39. وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ٣٩39

    And what you do not see

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40. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ٤٠40

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

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41. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ٤١41

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

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42. وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ٤٢42

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

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43. تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ٤٣43

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

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44. وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ٤٤44

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

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45. لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ٤٥45

    We would have seized him by the right hand;^[1745]

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46. ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ٤٦46

    Then We would have cut from him the aorta.^[1746]

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47. فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ٤٧47

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

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48. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ٤٨48

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

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49. وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ٤٩49

    And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

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50. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ٥٠50

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

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51. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ٥١51

    And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

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52. فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ٥٢52

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

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