اَلْحَآقَّةُ ۟ۙاَلۡحَـآقَّةُ
The Inevitable Hour!
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
مَا الْحَآقَّةُ ۟ۚمَا الۡحَـآقَّةُ ۚ
What is the Inevitable Hour?
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْحَآقَّةُ ۟ؕوَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡحَــآقَّةُ ؕ
And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ ۟كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ وَعَادٌۢ بِالۡقَارِعَةِ
The tribes of Thamud and ‘Ad denied that disaster would strike them:
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَاَمَّا ثَمُوْدُ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِالطَّاغِیَةِ ۟فَاَمَّا ثَمُوۡدُ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
the Thamud were destroyed by a terrible storm of thunder and lightning;
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهْلِكُوْا بِرِیْحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِیَةٍ ۟ۙوَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِرِيۡحٍ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ
and the ‘Ad were destroyed by a furious wind
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَیْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَیَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِیَةَ اَیَّامٍ ۙ— حُسُوْمًا فَتَرَی الْقَوْمَ فِیْهَا صَرْعٰی ۙ— كَاَنَّهُمْ اَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِیَةٍ ۟ۚسَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوۡمًا ۙ فَتَرَى الۡقَوۡمَ فِيۡهَا صَرۡعٰىۙ كَاَنَّهُمۡ اَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
which God let loose against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you could have seen its people lying prostrate as though they were the hollow trunks of palm-trees which had fallen down.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَهَلْ تَرٰی لَهُمْ مِّنْ بَاقِیَةٍ ۟فَهَلۡ تَرٰى لَهُمۡ مِّنۡۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
Do you see any vestige left of them now?
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهٗ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكٰتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ ۟ۚوَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَنۡ قَبۡلَهٗ وَالۡمُؤۡتَفِكٰتُ بِالۡخَـاطِئَةِۚ
Pharoah and those before him and the inhabitants of the overthrown cities persistently committed grave sins.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَعَصَوْا رَسُوْلَ رَبِّهِمْ فَاَخَذَهُمْ اَخْذَةً رَّابِیَةً ۟فَعَصَوۡا رَسُوۡلَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَاَخَذَهُمۡ اَخۡذَةً رَّابِيَةً
They defied their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with an ever-tightening grip.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الْمَآءُ حَمَلْنٰكُمْ فِی الْجَارِیَةِ ۟ۙاِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنٰكُمۡ فِى الۡجَارِيَةِ ۙ
But We bore you away in the Ark, when the waters rose high,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَّتَعِیَهَاۤ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِیَةٌ ۟لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَـكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةً وَّتَعِيَهَاۤ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِيَةٌ
so that We might make it a reminder for you and so that attentive ears might retain it.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
Tafseer of 69:1–12
Some deny the Hereafter openly, while there are others who may not explicitly deny the Hereafter, but who in their heart of hearts attach importance solely to worldly affairs. That is why there is no difference between the way of life of these people and that of those who make open denials. In essence, these two groups are the same. In the eyes of God, both of them are rejecters of the Hereafter—one group rejecting it by word of mouth and the other doing so in practice.
In accordance with the law of God, all such people are going to face destruction. In the days of the prophets, this destruction was made manifest in the present world, as for their successors it will become a reality in the Hereafter.