سورة الحاقة   


Surah Name: Al-Haqqah Meaning: The Truth

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 2
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 52
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 69
  • Rukū / Section 1 contains Āyāt / Parts 37
  • Siparah/ Volume 29

bismillah

الْحَاقَّةُ

Alhaqqa(tu)

The Inevitable Calamity!

(69:1)


مَا الْحَاقَّةُ

Ma alhaqqa(tu)

What is the Inevitable Calamity!

(69:2)


وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ

Wama adraka ma alhaqqa(tu)

And what will make you know what the Inevitable Calamity is?

(69:3)


كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bi(a)lqariAAa(ti)

The tribes of Thamud and 'Ad belied the Striking Day.

(69:4)


فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bi(al)ttaghiya(ti)

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by an outburst.

(69:5)


وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiya(tin)

And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a wind, furious, roaring.

(69:6)


سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiya(tun)

To which He-SWT subjected them for seven nights and eight days in succession so that you might have seen men during it lying prostrate, as though they were stumps of palm ruined.

(69:7)


فَهَلْ تَرَى لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ

Fahal tara lahum min baqiya(tin)

Do you see any remnant of them?

(69:8)


وَجَاء فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu wa(a)lmutafikatu bi(a)lkhatia(ti)

And the Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities committed sin.

(69:9)


فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiya(tan)

And they disbelieved their Rabb-SWT's Messenger-AS, so He-SWT seized them with an increasing grip.

(69:10)


إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاء حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ

Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariya(ti)

Verily We-SWT bore you, when the water rose, upon a traversing ark.

(69:11)


لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya(tun)

That We-SWT might make it an admonition unto you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.

(69:12)


فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

Faitha nufikha fee a(l)ssoori nafkhatun wahida(tun)

And when the Trumpet will sound a single blast.

(69:13)


وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً

Wahumilati alardu wa(a)ljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahida(tan)

And the earth and the mountains will be borne, and they will be crushed with a single crashing.

(69:14)


فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ

Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa(tu)

Then on that Day will happen the event.

(69:15)


وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاء فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

Wa(i)nshaqqati a(l)ssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiya(tun)

And the heaven will be rent in asunder; frail it will be on that Day.

(69:16)


وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَى أَرْجَائِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ

Wa(a)lmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniya(tun)

And the angels will be on its borders, and eight of them will on that Day bear the Throne of your Rabb-SWT over them.

(69:17)


يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَى مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiya(tun)

The Day whereon you will be mustered, nothing hidden by you will be hidden.

(69:18)


فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَؤُوا كِتَابِيهْ

Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

Then as to him, whose book will be vouchsafed to him in his right hand, he will say: Here! Read my record.

(69:19)


إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيهْ

Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah

Verily I was sure that I would have to face my reckoning.

(69:20)


فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya(tin)

Then he shall be in a life well pleasing.

(69:21)


فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

Fee jannatin AAaliya(tin)

In a lofty Garden.

(69:22)


قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

Qutoofuha daniya(tun)

Of which the clusters will be near at hand.

(69:23)


كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ

Kuloo wa(i)shraboo haneean bima aslaftum fee alayyami alkhaliya(ti)

Eat and drink with benefit for what you sent on beforehand in days past.

(69:24)


وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيهْ

Waamma man ootiya kitabahu bishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

Then as to him whose record will be vouchsafed to him in his left hand, he will say: Oh! Would that I had not been given my record at all.

(69:25)


وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيهْ

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

Nor known what was my reckoning.

(69:26)


يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya(tu)

Oh! Would that it would have been the ending.

(69:27)


مَا أَغْنَى عَنِّي مَالِيهْ

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

My riches have availed me not.

(69:28)


هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيهْ

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

My authority has perished for me.

(69:29)


خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Khuthoohu faghullooh(u)

Seize him, and chain him.

(69:30)


ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Thumma aljaheema sallooh(u)

Then roast him in the Scorch.

(69:31)


ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuha sabAAoona thiraAAan fa(o)slukooh(u)

Then fasten him with a chain seventy cubits long.

(69:32)


إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

Innahu kana la yuminu bi(A)llahi alAAatheem(i)

Verily he used not to believe in Allah-SWT, the Great.

(69:33)


وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

Wala yahuddu AAala taAAami almiskeen(i)

Nor he urged on others the feeding of the poor.

(69:34)


فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameem(un)

No friend is therefore for him here this Day,

(69:35)


وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

Wala taAAamun illa min ghisleen(in)

Nor any food except the filthy corruption.

(69:36)


لَا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِؤُونَ

La yakuluhu illa alkhatioon(a)

None will eat it except the sinners.

(69:37)


In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

Worldly Punishment is the Shadow of Akhirah


Do you have the slightest idea how dreadful will the Doomsday be which is bound to come. How shall infidels fare on that Day in the light of horrible punishments inflicted upon the powerful 'Ad and Thamud in this world? A petrifying sound imposed upon the latter destroyed them, while on the former were unleashed raging winds blowing uninterrupted for seven nights and eight days. These were freezing cold, and crushed them by picking them up and whipping them repeatedly against the ground. Their dead bodies were scattered like massive date trunks felled all around, and none were spared.

 

In fact, the punishment of this world is a shadow of the Akhirah. If the former is so severe how intense would the latter be? Similarly, the Pharaoh, and before him, the People of Prophet Lut-AS chose the wrong path. When came to them the Messengers-AS, they flagrantly refused to obey. Consequently, Allaah-SWT unleashed punishments exceedingly severe, and they were ruined. But the Barakah of faith and the obedience of the Prophets-AS were invariably manifested by the emancipation of their followers. The Deluge drowned then known world, but Prophet Nuh-AS and his followers were gathered in the Ark to safety, to be an admonition for the succeeding nations, on recollection of the event.

 

Trumpet


When the Trumpet is blown for Final Day, its sound will be so intense that the earth will jolt detaching the mountains to crash against it and everything will be shattered. According to Ahadith, the Trumpet will be blown twice. The first blowing will cause every living being to die. The heavens will explode and everything in the heavens and the earth shall perish. They will appear as precarious as they seem firm today and will be ripped apart while the angels will close to line up along the edges, until everything perishes and the angels too will die. The second blowing will quicken and gather everyone in the Field of Reckoning. And Allah-SWT's 'Arsh will be carried by eight angels.

 

'Arsh and its Nature


What would the ‘Arsh be like and how will the angels be carrying it will only be revealed on the Field of Reckoning. To perceive this phenomenon is beyond intellect in this material world. Therefore, it is important to believe that whatever it implies is true like our pious precursors.

 

The Barakah of Obedience


Everyone's actions will be accounted for, without exception. The obedient shall receive the Record in his right hand and will be elated. This is the Barakah of obeying the Holy Prophet-SW that his-SW followers will rejoice right amidst horrors of the Doomsday. He will exuberantly show his Record to others and exclaim-"Look! This is my Conduct Register. I hoped to be amply rewarded asI persevered on Islam in the world". He shall enjoy the pleasures in Jannah at choice where the tree branches will be bowing down under the weight of fruits in an eternal spring season. In contrast, will be the one given his Record in the left hand he shall wistfully say how good had it been if this Day had never come, he was not given the Record at all and never had to face this end! And that the death should have been his absolute end. That his wealth and riches were of no avail and his might and splendour was as worthless as dust shall dawn upon him now.

 

The Effects of Evil Economic System


The sinner will be fettered around his neck and impaled onto the chains of Hell, because he did not believe in Allah-SWT's Greatness and lived according to his own choice, least bothered about the poor servants. No one will care about him today, nor will he have any friend. Puss dripping from the wounds of the Hell-bound will be the food of the malefactors, for they had usurped the rights of the poor in an oppressive financial system.

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