سورة الحاقة
Surah Al-Haqqah
The Reality
Surah Al-Haqqah (The Reality) is the 69th surah of the Quran. It has 52 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ﴿١﴾
Alhaqqatu
The Inevitable Reality -
مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ﴿٢﴾
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable Reality?
وَ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ﴿٣﴾
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَ عَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ﴿٤﴾
Kaththabat thamoodu waʿadun bialqariʿati
Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ﴿٥﴾
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
وَ أَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةࣲ﴿٦﴾
Waamma ʿadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin ʿatiyatin
And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالࣲ وَ ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومࣰا ۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةࣲ﴿٧﴾
Sakhkharaha ʿalayhim sabʿa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarʿa kaannahum aʿjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Which He [i.e., Allāh] 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.
فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةࣲ﴿٨﴾
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Then do you see of them any remains?
وَ جَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَ مَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَ ٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ﴿٩﴾
Wajaa firʿawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِيَةً﴿١٠﴾
Faʿasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ﴿١١﴾
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَ تَعِيَهَآ أُذُنࣱ وَٰعِيَةࣱ﴿١٢﴾
Linajʿalaha lakum tathkiratan wataʿiyaha othunun waʿiyatun
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ﴿١٣﴾
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
وَ حُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ﴿١٤﴾
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -
فَيَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ﴿١٥﴾
Fayawmaithin waqaʿati alwaqiʿatu
Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,
وَ ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاهِيَةࣱ﴿١٦﴾
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
وَ ٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَا ۚ وَ يَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ ثَمَٰنِيَةࣱ﴿١٧﴾
Waalmalaku ʿala arjaiha wayahmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
يَوۡمَئِذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةࣱ﴿١٨﴾
Yawmaithin tuʿradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ﴿١٩﴾
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ﴿٢٠﴾
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ﴿٢١﴾
Fahuwa fee ʿeeshatin radiyatin
So he will be in a pleasant life -
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ﴿٢٢﴾
Fee jannatin ʿaliyatin
In an elevated garden,
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةࣱ﴿٢٣﴾
Qutoofuha daniyatun
Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
كُلُواْ وَ ٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ﴿٢٤﴾
Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliyati
[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."
وَ أَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ﴿٢٥﴾
Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah
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
وَ لَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ﴿٢٦﴾
Walam adri ma hisabiyah
And had not known what is my account.
يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ﴿٢٧﴾
Ya laytaha kanati alqadiyatu
I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ﴿٢٨﴾
Ma aghna ʿannee maliyah
My wealth has not availed me.
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ﴿٢٩﴾
Halaka ʿannee sultaniyah
Gone from me is my authority."
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ﴿٣٠﴾
Khuthoohu faghulloohu
[Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ﴿٣١﴾
Thumma aljaheema salloohu
Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ﴿٣٢﴾
Thumma fee silsilatin tharʿuha sabʿoona thiraʿan faoslukoohu
Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ﴿٣٣﴾
Innahu kana la yuminu biAllahi alʿatheemi
Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,
وَ لَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ﴿٣٤﴾
Wala yahuddu ʿala taʿami almiskeeni
Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمࣱ﴿٣٥﴾
Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameemun
So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
وَ لَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينࣲ﴿٣٦﴾
Wala taʿamun illa min ghisleenin
Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ﴿٣٧﴾
La yakuluhu illa alkhatioona
None will eat it except the sinners.
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ﴿٣٨﴾
Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroona
So I swear by what you see
وَ مَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ﴿٣٩﴾
Wama la tubsiroona
And what you do not see
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ﴿٤٠﴾
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.
وَ مَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲ ۚ قَلِيلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٤١﴾
Wama huwa biqawli shaʿirin qaleelan ma tuminoona
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وَ لَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲ ۚ قَلِيلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٤٢﴾
Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelan ma tathakkaroona
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٤٣﴾
Tanzeelun min rabbi alʿalameena
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
وَ لَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ﴿٤٤﴾
Walaw taqawwala ʿalayna baʿda alaqaweeli
And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ﴿٤٥﴾
Laakhathna minhu bialyameeni
We would have seized him by the right hand;
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ﴿٤٦﴾
Thumma laqataʿna minhu alwateena
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ﴿٤٧﴾
Fama minkum min ahadin ʿanhu hajizeena
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
وَ إِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٤٨﴾
Wainnahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeena
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.
وَ إِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ﴿٤٩﴾
Wainna lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukaththibeena
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وَ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٥٠﴾
Wainnahu lahasratun ʿala alkafireena
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وَ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ﴿٥١﴾
Wainnahu lahaqqu alyaqeeni
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ﴿٥٢﴾
Fasabbih biismi rabbika alʿatheemi
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The Surah takes its name from the word al-Haaqqah with which it opens.
Period of Revelation
This too is one of the earliest surahs to be revealed at Makkah. Its subject matter shows that it was sent down at the time when opposition to the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) had started but had not yet become tyrannical. Musnad Ahmad contains a tradition from Hadrat Umar, saying: "Before embracing Islam one day I came out of my house with a view to causing trouble to the Holy Prophet, but he had entered the Masjid al-Haram before me. When I arrived I found that he was reciting surah Al-Haaqqah in the Prayer. I stood behind him and listened. As he recited the Qur'an I wondered at its literary charm and beauty. Then suddenly an idea came to my mind that he must be a poet as the Quraish alleged. Just at that moment he recited the words: "This is the Word of an honorable Messenger: it is not the word of a poet." I said to myself: Then, he must be a soothsayer, if not a poet. Thereupon be recited the words:"Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little it is that you reflect. It is a Revelation from the Lord and Sustainer of the worlds. On hearing this Islam entered deep into my heart." This tradition of Hadrat Umar shows that this surah had been sent down long before his acceptance of Islam, for even after this event he did not believe for a long time, and he continued to be influenced in favor of Islam by different incidents from time to time, till at last in the house of his own sister he came by the experience that made him surrender and submit to the Faith completely. (For details, see introduction to surah Maryam and Introduction to surah Al-Waqiah).
Theme and Subject Matter
The first section (vv. 1-37) is about the Hereafter and the second (vv. 38-52) about the Qur'an's being a revelation from Allah and the Holy Prophet's being a true Messenger of Allah.
The first section opens with the assertion that the coming of the Resurrection and the occurrence of the Hereafter is a truth which has to take place inevitably. Then in vv. 4-12, it has been stated that the communities that denied the Hereafter in the past became worthy of Allah's scourge ultimately. In vv. 13-17 the occurrence of Resurrection has been depicted. In vv. 18-37 the real object for which Allah has destined a second life for mankind after the present worldly life has been enunciated. In it we are told that on that Day all men shall appear in the Court of their Lord, where no secret of theirs shall remain hidden each man's record will be placed in his hand. Those who had spent lives in the world with the realization that one day they would have to render an account of their deeds before their Lord, and who had worked righteously in the world and provided beforehand for their well being in the Hereafter, will rejoice when they see that they have been acquitted and blessed with the eternal bliss of Paradise. On the contrary, those who neither recognized the rights of Allah, nor discharged the rights of men, will have no one to save them from the punishment of Allah, and they will be cast into Hell.
In the second section (vv. 38-52) the disbelievers of Makkah have been addressed and told: "You think this Qur'an is the word of a poet or soothsayer, whereas it is a Revelation sent dawn by Allah, which is being presented by the noble Messengers. The Messenger by himself had no power to increase or decrease a word in it. If he forges something of his own composition into it, We will cut off his neck-vein (or heart- vein). For this is the Truth absolute and pure: and those who give it a lie, will have ultimately to regret and repent.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran