69:1
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Al haaaqqah
The Inevitable Reality -
69:2
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Mal haaaqqah
What is the Inevitable Reality?
69:3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
69:4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
69:5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
69:6
وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ
Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
69:7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ
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.
69:8
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ
Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah
Then do you see of them any remains?
69:9
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
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.
69:10
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً
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].
69:11
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
69:12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ
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.
69:13
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
69:14
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ
Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
69:15
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
69:16
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ
Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
69:17
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌۭ
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].
69:18
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ
Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
69:19
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
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!
69:20
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
69:21
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah
So he will be in a pleasant life -
69:22
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah
In an elevated garden,
69:23
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ
Qutoofuhaa daaniyah
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
69:24
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
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."
69:25
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
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
69:26
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah
And had not known what is my account.
69:27
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah
I wish my death had been the decisive one.
69:28
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah
My wealth has not availed me.
69:29
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah
Gone from me is my authority."
69:30
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Khuzoohu faghullooh
[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
69:31
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Summal Jaheema sallooh
Then into Hellfire drive him.
69:32
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Summa fee silsilatin zar'uhaa sab'oona ziraa'an faslukooh
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
69:33
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Innahoo kaana laa yu'minubillaahil 'Azeem
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
69:34
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
wa laa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aamil miskeen
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
69:35
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ
Falaysa lahul yawma haahunaa hameem
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
69:36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ
Wa laa ta'aamun illaa min ghisleen
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
69:37
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
Laa yaakuluhooo illal khati'oon
None will eat it except the sinners.
69:38
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Falaaa uqsimu bimaa tubsiroon
So I swear by what you see
69:39
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Wa maa laa tubsiroon
And what you do not see
69:40
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
Innahoo laqawlu Rasoolin kareem
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
69:41
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Wa ma huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelam maa tu'minoon
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
69:42
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Wa laa biqawli kaahin; qaleelam maa tazakkaroon
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
69:43
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Tanzeelum mir rabbil 'aalameen
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
69:44
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
Wa law taqawwala 'alainaa ba'dal aqaaweel
And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
69:45
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
La-akhaznaa minhu bilyameen
We would have seized him by the right hand;
69:46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
Summa laqata'naa minhul wateen
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
69:47
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
Famaa minkum min ahadin'anhu haajizeen
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
69:48
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wa innahoo latazkiratul lilmuttaqeen
And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
69:49
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Wa inna lana'lamu anna minkum mukazzibeen
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
69:50
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Wa innahu lahasratun 'alal kaafireen
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
69:51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Wa innahoo lahaqqul yaqeen
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
69:52
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Fasbbih bismi Rabbikal 'Azeem
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.