English Quran
Al-Hâqqah
The Reality
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[69:1]
The Reality!
[69:2]
What is the Reality ?
[69:3]
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
[69:4]
(The tribes of) Thamud and A’ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
[69:5]
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
[69:6]
And as for A’ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
[69:7]
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.
[69:8]
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?
[69:9]
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
[69:10]
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
[69:11]
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
[69:12]
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
[69:13]
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
[69:14]
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
[69:15]
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
[69:16]
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
[69:17]
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
[69:18]
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
[69:19]
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
[69:20]
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
[69:21]
Then he will be in blissful state
[69:22]
In a high garden
[69:23]
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
[69:24]
(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
[69:25]
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
[69:26]
And knew not what my reckoning!
[69:27]
Oh, would that it had been death!
[69:28]
My wealth hath not availed me,
[69:29]
My power hath gone from me.
[69:30]
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
[69:31]
And then expose him to hell-fire
[69:32]
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
[69:33]
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
[69:34]
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
[69:35]
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
[69:36]
Nor any food save filth
[69:37]
Which none but sinners eat.
[69:38]
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
[69:39]
And all that ye see not
[69:40]
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
[69:41]
It is not poet’s speech – little is it that ye believe!
[69:42]
Nor diviner’s speech – little is it that ye remember!
[69:43]
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
[69:44]
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
[69:45]
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
[69:46]
And then severed his life-artery,
[69:47]
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
[69:48]
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
[69:49]
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
[69:50]
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
[69:51]
And lo! it is absolute truth.
[69:52]
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.