Al-Ḥāqqahالحاقة
Muṣḥaf order 69
Cairo 1924 order #87 Meccan
Verses 52 (Ḥafṣ)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ١
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The Reality!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٣
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Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ٤
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(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥
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As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ٦
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And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ ٧
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Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees.
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ ٨
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Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ ٩
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And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً ١٠
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And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ ١١
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Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ ١٢
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That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ١٣
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And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ١٤
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And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ١٥
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Then, on that day will the Event befall.
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ١٦
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And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ ١٧
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And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ ١٨
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On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ ١٩
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Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٠
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Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ٢١
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Then he will be in blissful state
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ٢٢
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In a high garden
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ ٢٣
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Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ ٢٤
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(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ ٢٥
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But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٦
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And knew not what my reckoning!
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
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Oh, would that it had been death!
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ ٢٨
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My wealth hath not availed me,
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ ٢٩
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My power hath gone from me.
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠
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(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١
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And then expose him to hell-fire
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ ٣٢
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And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٣٣
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Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ٣٤
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And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ ٣٥
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Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ ٣٦
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Nor any food save filth
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧
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Which none but sinners eat.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٨
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But nay! I swear by all that ye see
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٩
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And all that ye see not
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ٤٠
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That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Bazzi: تُؤْمِنُونَ → يُؤْمِنُون (dots only; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 69:41#1)
- Qunbul: تُؤْمِنُونَ → يُؤْمِنُون (dots only; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 69:41#1)
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ ٤١
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It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
Where other transmissions read a word differently
- Bazzi: تَذَكَّرُونَ → يَذَّكَّرُونَ (dots only; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 69:42#1)
- Qunbul: تَذَكَّرُونَ → يَذَّكَّرُونَ (dots only; Quranpedia.net qiraat dataset (v2026-09-12), locus 69:42#1)
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢
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Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣
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It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤
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And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ٤٥
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We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ٤٦
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And then severed his life-artery,
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ٤٧
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And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨
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And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩
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And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠
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And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥١
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And lo! it is absolute truth.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٥٢
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So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.