Surah Al-Haqqah (سورة Al-Haqqah)

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🌙 Middle Meccan · 615–619 CE📋 Revelation #104🟢 Hifz: Easy📗 Juz 29

Surah Al-Haqqah (Arabic: سورة Al-Haqqah, "The Reality") is the 69 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 52 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Al-Haqqah ("The Reality") is chapter 69 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 52 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 69:1

اَلۡحَآقَّةُۙ‏

al-ḥāqatu

The Inevitable Reality

Verse 69:2

مَا الۡحَآقَّةُۚ‏

mā l-ḥāqatu

What is the Inevitable Reality

Verse 69:3

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الۡحَآقَّةُؕ‏

wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqatu

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality

Verse 69:4

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ وَعَادٌۭ بِالۡقَارِعَةِ

kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿati

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity

Verse 69:5

فَاَمَّا ثَمُوۡدُ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

fa-ammā thamūdu fa-uh'likū bil-ṭāghiyati

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

Verse 69:6

وَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاُهۡلِكُوۡا بِرِيۡحٍ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۙ‏

wa-ammā ʿādun fa-uh'likū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyatin

And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

Verse 69:7

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٍ وَّثَمٰنِيَةَ اَيَّامٍۙ حُسُوۡمًا فَتَرَي الۡقَوۡمَ فِيۡهَا صَرۡعٰيۙ كَاَنَّهُمۡ اَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۚ‏

sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyatin

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

Verse 69:8

فَهَلۡ تَرٰي لَهُمۡ مِّنۭۡ بَاقِيَةٍ

fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyatin

Then do you see of them any remains

Verse 69:9

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَنۡ قَبۡلَهٗ وَالۡمُؤۡتَفِكٰتُ بِالۡخَاطِئَةِۚ‏

wajāa fir'ʿawnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi-ati

And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin

Verse 69:10

فَعَصَوۡا رَسُوۡلَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَاَخَذَهُمۡ اَخۡذَةً رَّابِيَةً

faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyatan

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

Verse 69:11

اِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا الۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنٰكُمۡ فِي الۡجَارِيَةِۙ‏

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

Verse 69:12

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةً وَّتَعِيَهَا٘ اُذُنٌ وَّاعِيَةٌ

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

Verse 69:13

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّوۡرِ نَفۡخَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌۙ‏

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

Verse 69:14

وَّحُمِلَتِ الۡاَرۡضُ وَالۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَّاحِدَةًۙ‏

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow

Verse 69:15

فَيَوۡمَئِذٍ وَّقَعَتِ الۡوَاقِعَةُۙ‏

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur

Verse 69:16

وَانۡشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ وَّاهِيَةٌۙ‏

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

Verse 69:17

وَّالۡمَلَكُ عَلٰ٘ي اَرۡجَآئِهَاؕ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ثَمٰنِيَةٌؕ‏

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

Verse 69:18

يَوۡمَئِذٍ تُعۡرَضُوۡنَ لَا تَخۡفٰي مِنۡكُمۡ خَافِيَةٌ

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

Verse 69:19

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيۡنِهٖ فَيَقُوۡلُ هَآؤُمُ اقۡرَءُوۡا كِتٰبِيَهۡۚ‏

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

Verse 69:20

اِنِّيۡ ظَنَنۡتُ اَنِّيۡ مُلٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡۚ‏

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

Verse 69:21

فَهُوَ فِيۡ عِيۡشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍۙ‏

So he will be in a pleasant life

Verse 69:22

فِيۡ جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۙ‏

In an elevated garden

Verse 69:23

قُطُوۡفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near

Verse 69:24

كُلُوۡا وَاشۡرَبُوۡا هَنِيۡٓـًٔاۭ بِمَا٘ اَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي الۡاَيَّامِ الۡخَالِيَةِ

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

Verse 69:25

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ اُوۡتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِشِمَالِهٖ ࣢ۙ فَيَقُوۡلُ يٰلَيۡتَنِيۡ لَمۡ اُوۡتَ كِتٰبِيَهۡۚ‏

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

Verse 69:26

وَلَمۡ اَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡۚ‏

And had not known what is my account

Verse 69:27

يٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ الۡقَاضِيَةَۚ‏

I wish my death had been the decisive one

Verse 69:28

مَا٘ اَغۡنٰي عَنِّيۡ مَالِيَهۡۚ‏

My wealth has not availed me

Verse 69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّيۡ سُلۡطٰنِيَهۡۚ‏

Gone from me is my authority

Verse 69:30

خُذُوۡهُ فَغُلُّوۡهُۙ‏

[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him

Verse 69:31

ثُمَّ الۡجَحِيۡمَ صَلُّوۡهُۙ‏

Then into Hellfire drive him

Verse 69:32

ثُمَّ فِيۡ سِلۡسِلَةٍ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُوۡنَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسۡلُكُوۡهُؕ‏

Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him

Verse 69:33

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ الۡعَظِيۡمِۙ‏

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

Verse 69:34

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلٰي طَعَامِ الۡمِسۡكِيۡنِؕ‏

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor

Verse 69:35

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ الۡيَوۡمَ هٰهُنَا حَمِيۡمٌۙ‏

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

Verse 69:36

وَّلَا طَعَامٌ اِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِيۡنٍۙ‏

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds

Verse 69:37

لَّا يَاۡكُلُهٗ٘ اِلَّا الۡخٰطِـُٔوۡنَࣖ‏

None will eat it except the sinners

Verse 69:38

فَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَۙ‏

So I swear by what you see

Verse 69:39

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُوۡنَۙ‏

And what you do not see

Verse 69:40

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُوۡلٍ كَرِيۡمٍۚۙ‏

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger

Verse 69:41

وَّمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٍؕ قَلِيۡلًا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُوۡنَۙ‏

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

Verse 69:42

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٍؕ قَلِيۡلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوۡنَؕ‏

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember

Verse 69:43

تَنۡزِيۡلٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ

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

Verse 69:44

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ الۡاَقَاوِيۡلِۙ‏

And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings

Verse 69:45

لَاَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِالۡيَمِيۡنِۙ‏

We would have seized him by the right hand

Verse 69:46

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ الۡوَتِيۡنَؗۖ‏

Then We would have cut from him the aorta

Verse 69:47

فَمَا مِنۡكُمۡ مِّنۡ اَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حٰجِزِيۡنَ

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

Verse 69:48

وَاِنَّهٗ لَتَذۡكِرَةٌ لِّلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ

And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous

Verse 69:49

وَاِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ اَنَّ مِنۡكُمۡ مُّكَذِّبِيۡنَ

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers

Verse 69:50

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَي الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ

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

Verse 69:51

وَاِنَّهٗ لَحَقُّ الۡيَقِيۡنِ

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty

Verse 69:52

فَسَبِّحۡ بِاسۡمِ رَبِّكَ الۡعَظِيۡمِࣖ‏

So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great