69:1
اَلْحَآقَّةُ
The Inevitable Reality -
Surah 69 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 29
Surah Al-Haqqah
The Reality
الحاقة52 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah Al-Haqqah
Three verses in, this one has still not said what al-Haqqah is. It names the Inevitable Reality, asks what it is, then asks what could make you know what it is. Fifty-two Makkan verses follow and answer in stages: first what happened to the nations that called the Day a lie, then the Day itself, then the two men who are handed their records, and finally the source of the words being read. The whole surah is built to make the reader feel the weight of a thing before being told its name.
69:4 to 69:10 lists the deniers: Thamud destroyed by the overpowering blast, 'Ad swept off by a screaming violent wind for seven nights and eight days until the people lay like hollow palm trunks, and Pharaoh and the overturned cities. 69:11 recalls the ship that carried the survivors when the water overflowed. Then the Day itself, with one blast of the Horn at 69:13, the earth and mountains lifted and levelled with a single blow at 69:14, and eight bearing the Throne of your Lord at 69:17. From 69:19 the records are given out and the two recipients speak for themselves, one telling everyone to read his, the other wishing he had never been given his and dragged into a chain seventy cubits long at 69:32. Two reasons are given for it: at 69:33 that he did not believe in Allah, the Most Great, and at 69:34 that he never encouraged the feeding of the poor. The final verses insist the Qur'an is not the word of a poet or a soothsayer.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
69:2
مَا الْحَآقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Reality?
69:3
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحَآقَّةُ ۟ؕ
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
69:4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].
69:5
فَاَمَّا ثَمُوْدُ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِالطَّاغِیَةِ
So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
69:6
وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِرِیْحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِیَةٍ
And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
69:7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَیْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَیَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِیَةَ اَیَّامٍ ۙ حُسُوْمًاۙ فَتَرَی الْقَوْمَ فِیْهَا صَرْعٰی ۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِیَةٍ
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.
69:8
فَهَلْ تَرٰی لَهُمْ مِّنْ بَاقِیَةٍ
Then do you see of them any remains?
69:9
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهٗ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكٰتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
69:10
فَعَصَوْا رَسُوْلَ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَهُمْ اَخْذَةً رَّابِیَةً
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
69:11
اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الْمَآءُ حَمَلْنٰكُمْ فِی الْجَارِیَةِ
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship
69:12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَّتَعِیَهَاۤ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِیَةٌ
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
69:13
فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِی الصُّوْرِ نَفْخَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
69:14
وَّحُمِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَّاحِدَةً
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -
69:15
فَیَوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ
Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,
69:16
وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَهِیَ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ وَّاهِیَةٌ
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
69:17
وَّالْمَلَكُ عَلٰۤی اَرْجَآىِٕهَا ؕ وَیَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ ثَمٰنِیَةٌ ۟ؕ
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
69:18
یَوْمَىِٕذٍ تُعْرَضُوْنَ لَا تَخْفٰی مِنْكُمْ خَافِیَةٌ
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
69:19
فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِیَمِیْنِهٖ ۙ فَیَقُوْلُ هَآؤُمُ اقْرَءُوْا كِتٰبِیَهْ
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
69:20
اِنِّیْ ظَنَنْتُ اَنِّیْ مُلٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهْ
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
69:21
فَهُوَ فِیْ عِیْشَةٍ رَّاضِیَةٍ
So he will be in a pleasant life -
69:22
فِیْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةٍ
In an elevated garden,
69:23
قُطُوْفُهَا دَانِیَةٌ
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
69:24
كُلُوْا وَاشْرَبُوْا هَنِیْٓـًٔا بِمَاۤ اَسْلَفْتُمْ فِی الْاَیَّامِ الْخَالِیَةِ
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
69:25
وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِشِمَالِهٖ ۙ۬ فَیَقُوْلُ یٰلَیْتَنِیْ لَمْ اُوْتَ كِتٰبِیَهْ
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
69:26
وَلَمْ اَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهْ
And had not known what is my account.
69:27
یٰلَیْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِیَةَ
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.
69:28
مَاۤ اَغْنٰی عَنِّیْ مَالِیَهْ
My wealth has not availed me.
69:29
هَلَكَ عَنِّیْ سُلْطٰنِیَهْ
Gone from me is my authority."
69:30
خُذُوْهُ فَغُلُّوْهُ
[Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
69:31
ثُمَّ الْجَحِیْمَ صَلُّوْهُ
Then into Hellfire drive him.
69:32
ثُمَّ فِیْ سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُوْنَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوْهُ ۟ؕ
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
69:33
اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لَا یُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ الْعَظِیْمِ
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,
69:34
وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلٰی طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِیْنِ ۟ؕ
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
69:35
فَلَیْسَ لَهُ الْیَوْمَ هٰهُنَا حَمِیْمٌ
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
69:36
وَّلَا طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِیْنٍ
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
69:37
لَّا یَاْكُلُهٗۤ اِلَّا الْخَاطِـُٔوْنَ
None will eat it except the sinners.
69:38
فَلَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ
So I swear by what you see
69:39
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُوْنَ
And what you do not see
69:40
اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِیْمٍ
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.
69:41
وَّمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ؕ قَلِیْلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُوْنَ
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
69:42
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ؕ قَلِیْلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ ۟ؕ
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
69:43
تَنْزِیْلٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
69:44
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیْنَا بَعْضَ الْاَقَاوِیْلِ
And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
69:45
لَاَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْیَمِیْنِ
We would have seized him by the right hand;
69:46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِیْنَ ۟ؗۖ
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
69:47
فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِّنْ اَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حٰجِزِیْنَ
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
69:48
وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِیْنَ
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.
69:49
وَاِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ اَنَّ مِنْكُمْ مُّكَذِّبِیْنَ
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
69:50
وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَی الْكٰفِرِیْنَ
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
69:51
وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَقُّ الْیَقِیْنِ
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
69:52
فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِیْمِ
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Surah Al-Haqqah in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 52 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.