Surah Al-Haaqqa

سورة الحاقة

The Reality

Surah 69 · 52 Ayahs

What Is Surah Al-Haaqqa?

Surah Al-Haaqqa is Surah 69 of the Quran. It contains 52 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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Ayah 1
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Meaning
The Imminent Happening!
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Ayah 2
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Meaning
What is the Imminent Happening?
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Ayah 3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
Meaning
And what can let you know what the Imminent happening is?
4
Ayah 4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
Meaning
Thamūd and ‘Ād had denied (the happening of) the Shocking Event (the Day of Judgment).
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Ayah 5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Meaning
As for Thamūd, they were destroyed by that (dreadful cry), which exceeded all limits.
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Ayah 6
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
Meaning
And as for ‘Ād, they were destroyed by a violent windstorm
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Ayah 7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
Meaning
that He imposed on them for seven nights and eight consecutive days; so you could see them thrown on the ground, as if they were trunks of hollow palm-trees.
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Ayah 8
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
Meaning
Now, do you see any remnant of them?
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Ayah 9
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
Meaning
And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and those before him and the overthrown towns came up with evil,
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Ayah 10
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Meaning
and they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an extremely severe seizure.
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Ayah 11
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
Meaning
When the water overflowed (in the Deluge of NūH), We let you (O mankind,) board the floating ship,
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Ayah 12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
Meaning
so that We make it a reminder for you, and so that a preserving ear (that hears their story) may preserve it.
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Ayah 13
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
Meaning
Then, once the Trumpet will be blown for the first time,
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Ayah 14
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
Meaning
and the earth and the mountains will be lifted and crushed into pieces with a single blow,
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Ayah 15
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
Meaning
then on that Day the Happening will happen,
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Ayah 16
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
Meaning
and the sky will burst apart, while it will have become frail on that day.
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Ayah 17
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ
Meaning
And the angels will be on its borders. And on that Day, the Throne of your Lord will be carried above them by eight (angels).
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Ayah 18
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
Meaning
On that day, you will be brought forward in a way that no secret of yours will remain secret.
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Ayah 19
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ
Meaning
Now, as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say (to his colleagues), “Come here, read my book.
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Ayah 20
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
Meaning
I was sure that I would encounter my reckoning.”
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Ayah 21
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Meaning
So he will be in a well-pleasing life
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Ayah 22
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Meaning
in a lofty garden,
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Ayah 23
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
Meaning
the fruits of which will be close at hand.
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Ayah 24
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
Meaning
(It will be said to such people,) “Eat and drink with pleasure, as a reward for what you did in advance during past days.”
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Ayah 25
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ
Meaning
As for him who will be given his book in his left hand, he will say, “ Oh, would that I had not been given my book,
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Ayah 26
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
Meaning
and I had never known what my account is!
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Ayah 27
يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
Meaning
Oh, would that it (death) had been the end of the matter!
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Ayah 28
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
Meaning
My wealth has not been of any use to me.
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Ayah 29
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ
Meaning
My power has gone from me for good.”
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Ayah 30
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
Meaning
(Then it will be said to angels,) “Seize him, then put a collar around his neck,
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Ayah 31
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
Meaning
and then, let him burn in the blazing fire.
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Ayah 32
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
Meaning
Thereafter, fasten him with a chain the measure of which is seventy hands.”
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Ayah 33
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Meaning
Indeed, he did not believe in Allah, the Almighty,
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Ayah 34
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Meaning
and did not persuade (others) to feed the needy.
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Ayah 35
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
Meaning
So, he has no friend here today,
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Ayah 36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
Meaning
nor any food except that which comes out from wounds when washing,
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Ayah 37
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ
Meaning
which is eaten by none but the sinners.
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Ayah 38
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Meaning
I swear by what you see,
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Ayah 39
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Meaning
and what you do not see,
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Ayah 40
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Meaning
it is surely the speech of a noble Messenger, (that he conveys from Allah).
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Ayah 41
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
Meaning
and it is not the speech of a poet, (but) little you believe,
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Ayah 42
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Meaning
nor is it the speech of a soothsayer, (but) little you heed to the advice.
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Ayah 43
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Meaning
It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
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Ayah 44
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
Meaning
Had he (the prophet) forged some statements in Our name,
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Ayah 45
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
Meaning
We would have certainly seized him by the right hand,
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Ayah 46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
Meaning
and then severed his life-artery,
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Ayah 47
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ
Meaning
and none of you could have saved him from it.
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Ayah 48
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
Meaning
It is infact a Reminder for the God-fearing.
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Ayah 49
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
Meaning
And, of course, We know that among you there are deniers.
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Ayah 50
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
Meaning
And surely, it is a cause of remorse for the disbelievers.
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Ayah 51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
Meaning
And it is surely an absolute truth.
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Ayah 52
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Meaning
So, pronounce the purity of the name of your magnificent Lord.