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Surah Al-Haqqah (The Reality) — Arabic text & English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٣
3. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ٤
4. (The tribes of) Thamud and A’ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥
5. As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ٦
6. 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
7. 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
8. Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ ٩
9. And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً ١٠
10. 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
11. Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ ١٢
12. 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
13. And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ١٤
14. And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ١٥
15. Then, on that day will the Event befall.
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ١٦
16. And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ ١٧
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ ٢٤
24. (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
25. 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
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
27. Oh, would that it had been death!
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ ٣٢
32. And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٣٣
33. Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ٣٤
34. And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ ٣٥
35. Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧
37. Which none but sinners eat.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٨
38. But nay! I swear by all that ye see
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ٤٠
40. That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ ٤١
41. It is not poet’s speech – little is it that ye believe!
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢
42. Nor diviner’s speech – little is it that ye remember!
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣
43. It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤
44. And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ٤٥
45. We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ٤٦
46. And then severed his life-artery,
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ٤٧
47. And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨
48. And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩
49. And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠
50. And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٥٢
52. So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
Quran text (Uthmani script) from the Tanzil Project — Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1), Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. English translation: M. M. Pickthall (public domain), text via Tanzil.net. Tap “Tafsir of this verse” for the tafsir from recognised books, with the source cited.