69. Surah Al-Haaqqa

اَلْحَآقَّةُۙ ﴿١﴾Open ayah 69:1 in the Quran reader

The Imminent Happening!

مَا الْحَآقَّةُۚ ﴿٢﴾Open ayah 69:2 in the Quran reader

What is the Imminent Happening?

وَ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحَآقَّةُؕ ﴿٣﴾Open ayah 69:3 in the Quran reader

And what can let you know what the Imminent happening is?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ وَ عَادٌۢ بِالْقَارِعَةِ ﴿٤﴾Open ayah 69:4 in the Quran reader

Thamud and ` Ad had denied (the happening of) the Shocking Event (the Day of Judgment).

فَاَمَّا ثَمُوْدُ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِالطَّاغِیَةِ ﴿٥﴾Open ayah 69:5 in the Quran reader

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by that (dreadful cry) which exceeded all limits.

وَ اَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِرِیْحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِیَةٍۙ ﴿٦﴾Open ayah 69:6 in the Quran reader

And as for ` Ad, they were destroyed by a violent windstorm

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَیْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَیَالٍ وَّ ثَمٰنِیَةَ اَیَّامٍ١ۙ حُسُوْمًا١ۙ فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِیْهَا صَرْعٰى١ۙ كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِیَةٍۚ ﴿٧﴾Open ayah 69:7 in the Quran reader

that He imposed on them for seven nights and eight consecutive days, so you could see them thrown on the ground, as if they were trunks of hollow palm-trees.

فَهَلْ تَرٰى لَهُمْ مِّنْۢ بَاقِیَةٍ ﴿٨﴾Open ayah 69:8 in the Quran reader

So, do you see any remnant of them?

وَ جَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَ مَنْ قَبْلَهٗ وَ الْمُؤْتَفِكٰتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِۚ ﴿٩﴾Open ayah 69:9 in the Quran reader

And Fir'aun (the Pharaoh) and those before him and the overthrown towns came up with evil.

فَعَصَوْا رَسُوْلَ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَهُمْ اَخْذَةً رَّابِیَةً ﴿١٠﴾Open ayah 69:10 in the Quran reader

And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an extremely severe seizure.

اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الْمَآءُ حَمَلْنٰكُمْ فِی الْجَارِیَةِۙ ﴿١١﴾Open ayah 69:11 in the Quran reader

When the water overflowed (in the Deluge of Nuh), We let you (0 mankind,) board the floating ship,

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَّ تَعِیَهَاۤ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِیَةٌ ﴿١٢﴾Open ayah 69:12 in the Quran reader

] so that We make it for you a reminder, and so that a preserving ear may preserve it.

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِی الصُّوْرِ نَفْخَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌۙ ﴿١٣﴾Open ayah 69:13 in the Quran reader

Then, when the Trumpet will be blown for the first time,

وَّ حُمِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَ الْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَّاحِدَةًۙ ﴿١٤﴾Open ayah 69:14 in the Quran reader

] and the earth and the mountains will be lifted and crushed into pieces with a single blow,

فَیَوْمَئِذٍ وَّقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ ﴿١٥﴾Open ayah 69:15 in the Quran reader

then on that Day the Happening will happen,

وَ انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَهِیَ یَوْمَئِذٍ وَّاهِیَةٌۙ ﴿١٦﴾Open ayah 69:16 in the Quran reader

and the sky will burst apart, while it will have become frail on that day.

وَّ الْمَلَكُ عَلٰۤى اَرْجَآئِهَا١ؕ وَ یَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ یَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمٰنِیَةٌؕ ﴿١٧﴾Open ayah 69:17 in the Quran reader

And the angels will be on its borders. And on that Day, the Throne of your Lord will be carried above them by eight (angels).

یَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُوْنَ لَا تَخْفٰى مِنْكُمْ خَافِیَةٌ ﴿١٨﴾Open ayah 69:18 in the Quran reader

On that day, you will be brought forward in a way that no secret of yours will remain secret.

فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِیَمِیْنِهٖ١ۙ فَیَقُوْلُ هَآؤُمُ اقْرَءُوْا كِتٰبِیَهْۚ ﴿١٩﴾Open ayah 69:19 in the Quran reader

Now, as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say (to his colleagues), "Come here, read my book.

اِنِّیْ ظَنَنْتُ اَنِّیْ مُلٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهْۚ ﴿٢٠﴾Open ayah 69:20 in the Quran reader

I was sure that I would encounter my reckoning."

فَهُوَ فِیْ عِیْشَةٍ رَّاضِیَةٍۙ ﴿٢١﴾Open ayah 69:21 in the Quran reader

So he will be in a well-pleasing life

فِیْ جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةٍۙ ﴿٢٢﴾Open ayah 69:22 in the Quran reader

] in a lofty garden,

قُطُوْفُهَا دَانِیَةٌ ﴿٢٣﴾Open ayah 69:23 in the Quran reader

the fruits of which will be close at hand.

كُلُوْا وَ اشْرَبُوْا هَنِیْٓئًۢا بِمَاۤ اَسْلَفْتُمْ فِی الْاَیَّامِ الْخَالِیَةِ ﴿٢٤﴾Open ayah 69:24 in the Quran reader

(It will be said to such people,) "Eat and drink with pleasure, as a reward for what you did in advance during past days."

وَ اَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِشِمَالِهٖ١ۙ۬ فَیَقُوْلُ یٰلَیْتَنِیْ لَمْ اُوْتَ كِتٰبِیَهْۚ ﴿٢٥﴾Open ayah 69:25 in the Quran reader

As for him who will be given his book in his left hand, he will say, " Oh, would that I had not been given my book,

وَ لَمْ اَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهْۚ ﴿٢٦﴾Open ayah 69:26 in the Quran reader

and I had never known what my account is!

یٰلَیْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِیَةَۚ ﴿٢٧﴾Open ayah 69:27 in the Quran reader

Oh, would that it (death) had been the end of the matter!

مَاۤ اَغْنٰى عَنِّیْ مَالِیَهْۚ ﴿٢٨﴾Open ayah 69:28 in the Quran reader

My wealth has not been of any use to me.

هَلَكَ عَنِّیْ سُلْطٰنِیَهْۚ ﴿٢٩﴾Open ayah 69:29 in the Quran reader

My power has gone from me for good."

خُذُوْهُ فَغُلُّوْهُۙ ﴿٣٠﴾Open ayah 69:30 in the Quran reader

(Then it will be said to angels,) "Seize him, then put a collar around his neck,

ثُمَّ الْجَحِیْمَ صَلُّوْهُۙ ﴿٣١﴾Open ayah 69:31 in the Quran reader

then, in the blazing fire let him burn.

ثُمَّ فِیْ سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُوْنَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوْهُؕ ﴿٣٢﴾Open ayah 69:32 in the Quran reader

Thereafter, fasten him with a chain the measure of which is seventy hands."

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لَا یُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ الْعَظِیْمِۙ ﴿٣٣﴾Open ayah 69:33 in the Quran reader

Indeed, he did not believe in Almighty Allah,

وَ لَا یَحُضُّ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِیْنِؕ ﴿٣٤﴾Open ayah 69:34 in the Quran reader

and did not persuade (others) to feed the needy.

فَلَیْسَ لَهُ الْیَوْمَ هٰهُنَا حَمِیْمٌۙ ﴿٣٥﴾Open ayah 69:35 in the Quran reader

So, he has no friend here today,

وَّ لَا طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِیْنٍۙ ﴿٣٦﴾Open ayah 69:36 in the Quran reader

nor any food except from that which flows from wounds when washing,

لَّا یَاْكُلُهٗۤ اِلَّا الْخَاطِئُوْنَ۠ ﴿٣٧﴾Open ayah 69:37 in the Quran reader

which is eaten by none but the sinners.