69 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Ahmed Ali
THE CONCRETE REALITY.
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سُورَةُ الحَاقَّةِ
Al-Haaqqa · 52 verses
69 : 2
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Ahmed Ali
What is the concrete reality?
69 : 3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Ahmed Ali
What do you comprehend by the concrete reality?
69 : 4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Ahmed Ali
The Thamud and 'Ad denied the consequential calamity.
69 : 5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Ahmed Ali
So destroyed were the Thamud by a storm of thunder and lightning;
69 : 6
وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
And the 'Ad were destroyed by the furious cold blast of roaring wind
69 : 7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Which He sent to assail them for seven nights and eight days running. You should have seen the people prostrate like the decayed trunks of date-palm trees.
69 : 8
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Do you see any trace of them?
69 : 9
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
Ahmed Ali
Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes.
69 : 10
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً
Ahmed Ali
When they disobeyed the apostle of their Lord He seized them with an overwhelming punishment.
69 : 11
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
Ahmed Ali
When the water rose in flood, We bore you in the ark,
69 : 12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
In order to make it a warning for you, and that the ear retentive may preserve it.
69 : 13
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
When the single blast is sounded on the trumpet,
69 : 14
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ
Ahmed Ali
And the earth and mountains heaved and crushed to powder with one levelling blow,
69 : 15
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Ahmed Ali
On that Day will come what is to come.
69 : 16
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
The sky will cleave asunder on that day and fall to pieces.
69 : 17
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
On its fringes will be angels, eight of them, bearing their Lord's throne aloft.
69 : 18
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
You will then be set before Him, and not one of you will remain unexposed.
69 : 19
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Ahmed Ali
He who is given his ledger in his right hand, will say: "Here, read my ledger.
69 : 20
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Ahmed Ali
I was certain I'll be given my account."
69 : 21
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
So he shall have an agreeable life
69 : 22
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
In high empyrean
69 : 23
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
With fruits hanging low within reach,
69 : 24
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
Ahmed Ali
(And told:) "Eat and drink to your fill as reward for (good) deeds you had done in days of yore."
69 : 25
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ
Ahmed Ali
But whosoever gets his ledger in his left hand, will say: "Would that I were never given my ledger,
69 : 26
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Ahmed Ali
And not known my account!
69 : 27
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Ahmed Ali
I wish death had put an end to me.
69 : 28
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
Ahmed Ali
Of no use was even my wealth.
69 : 29
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ
Ahmed Ali
Vanished has my power from me."
69 : 30
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Ahmed Ali
"Seize him and manacle him,
69 : 31
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Ahmed Ali
Then cast him to be burnt in Hell;
69 : 32
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Ahmed Ali
And string him to a chain seventy cubits long.
69 : 33
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
He did not believe in God the supreme,
69 : 34
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Ahmed Ali
Nor urged others to feed the poor.
69 : 35
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
That is why he has no friend today,
69 : 36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Nor food other than suppuration (filth)
69 : 37
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ
Ahmed Ali
Which none but the hellish eat."
69 : 38
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
So, I call to witness what you see
69 : 39
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And what you do not see,
69 : 40
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
That this is indeed the word of the noble Messenger,
69 : 41
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Ahmed Ali
And not the word of a poet. How little is it that you believe!
69 : 42
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Ahmed Ali
Nor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little is it that you reflect!
69 : 43
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
It has been sent down by the Lord of all the worlds.
69 : 44
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
Ahmed Ali
Had he attributed falsely any words to Us,
69 : 45
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Ahmed Ali
We would have seized him by his right hand,
69 : 46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Then cut off his aorta,
69 : 47
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ
Ahmed Ali
And not one of you would have been able to stop (Us).
69 : 48
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Ahmed Ali
It is really a reminder for those who fear God and follow the straight path.
69 : 49
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Ahmed Ali
We certainly know that some among you do deny it.
69 : 50
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Ahmed Ali
It is surely the nemesis of unbelievers.
69 : 51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Ahmed Ali
And He, He is indeed the ultimate Reality.
69 : 52
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Ahmed Ali
So glorify your Lord, the most supreme.