الحاقة

Alhaqqatu

The Inevitable Hour!

Ma alhaqqatu

What is the Inevitable Hour?

Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu

How do you know what the Inevitable Hour is?

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati

Thamūd and ‘Ād denied the Striking Calamity of the Hour[1].

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati

As for Thamūd, they were destroyed by a dreadful blast.

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin

And as for ‘Ād, they were destroyed by a furious windstorm[2]

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun

which He unleashed against them for seven successive nights and eight days, so you would see the people lying dead as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin

Do you see any trace of them now?

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati

Also, Pharaoh and those who came before him, and the overturned cities [of Lot] committed the grave sin,

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan

each disobeying the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a severe punishment.

Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati

Indeed, when the floodwater overflowed, We carried you [O humans] in the sailing Ark[3],

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun

so that We might make it a reminder for you, and that attentive ears may take heed.

Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun

Then when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast,

Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan

and the earth and mountains are lifted up and crushed with a single blow,

Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu

on that Day the Inevitable Event will occur.

Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun

And the sky will split asunder and will be frail[4] on that day,

Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun

with the angels on all its sides, and on that Day, eight [mighty angels] will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun

On that day, you will be brought forth [before Allah], and none of your secrets will remain hidden.

Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

As for the one who is given his Record in his right hand, he will say, “Here is my Record, read it!

Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

I was sure that I would meet my reckoning.”

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

So he will be in a pleasant life,

Fee jannatin AAaliyatin

in a lofty garden,

Qutoofuha daniyatun

with clustered fruit within his reach.

Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati

[They will be told,] “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did[5] in the days gone by.”

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

As for the one who is given his Record in his left hand, he will say, “Would that I had not been given my Record,

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

nor had I known anything of my reckoning!

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu

Would that it [i.e., death] had been the end of me[6]!

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

My wealth has been of no avail to me.

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

My authority has vanished[7].”

Khuthoohu faghulloohu

[It will be said,] “Seize him and shackle him,

Thumma aljaheema salloohu

then make him burn in the Blazing Fire,

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan faoslukoohu

then tie him up with a chain of seventy cubits long.

Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alAAatheemi

For he did not believe in Allah, the Most Great,

Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeeni

nor did he encourage feeding the needy.

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun

So Today he will have no close friend here,

Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleenin

nor any food except the discharge of wounds,

La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona

none will eat it except the sinners.”

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona

I swear by what you can see.

Wama la tubsiroona

and what you cannot see!

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

Indeed, this is the word of a noble Messenger[8],

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirin qaleelan ma tuminoona

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

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer; little do you take heed!

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAda alaqaweeli

If he had falsely attributed something to Us,

Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni

We would have surely seized him by the right hand[9],

Thumma laqataAAna minhu alwateena

then severed his aorta[10],

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeena

and none of you could have rescued him.

Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena

This [Qur’an] is indeed a reminder for those who are righteous.

Wainna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena

And We surely know that some of you will be deniers,

Wainnahu lahasratun AAala alkafireena

and it[11] will certainly be a source of regret for the disbelievers.

Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni

And this[12] is indeed the absolute truth.

Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi

So glorify the name of your Lord, the Most Great.