ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ١
al-ḥāqatu
1. The Inevitable Reality -
Surah Al-Haqqah transliteration
سورة الحاقة
Here is Surah Al-Haqqah (“The Reality”) in transliteration: each of its 52 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٢
mā l-ḥāqatu
2. What is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٣
wamā adrāka mā l-ḥāqatu
3. And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ٤
kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿati
4. Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥
fa-ammā thamūdu fa-uh'likū bil-ṭāghiyati
5. So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ٦
wa-ammā ʿādun fa-uh'likū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyatin
6. And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming,1737 violent wind
Notes
[1737] Or "cold."
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ ٧
sakharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fatarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyatin
7. Which He [i.e., Allāh] imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ ٨
fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyatin
8. Then do you see of them any remains?
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ ٩
wajāa fir'ʿawnu waman qablahu wal-mu'tafikātu bil-khāṭi-ati
9. And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities1738 with sin.
Notes
[1738] Those to which Lot was sent (see 11:82-83) or generally, all cities which were destroyed due to their denial of a messenger from Allāh.
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً ١٠
faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyatan
10. And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ ١١
innā lammā ṭaghā l-māu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyati
11. Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship1739
Notes
[1739] Which was constructed by Noah.
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ ١٢
linajʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wataʿiyahā udhunun wāʿiyatun
12. That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ ١٣
fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatun
13. Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً ١٤
waḥumilati l-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidatan
14. And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ١٥
fayawma-idhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu
15. Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ١٦
wa-inshaqqati l-samāu fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyatun
16. And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.1740
Notes
[1740] i.e., weak, enfeebled and unstable.
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌ ١٧
wal-malaku ʿalā arjāihā wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyatun
17. And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ ١٨
yawma-idhin tuʿ'raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatun
18. That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.1741
Notes
[1741] i.e., any person or any secret you might attempt to conceal.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ ١٩
fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hāumu iq'raū kitābiyah
19. So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٠
innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah
20. Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ٢١
fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin
21. So he will be in a pleasant life -
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ ٢٢
fī jannatin ʿāliyatin
22. In an elevated garden,
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ ٢٣
quṭūfuhā dāniyatun
23. Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ ٢٤
kulū wa-ish'rabū hanīan bimā aslaftum fī l-ayāmi l-khāliyati
24. [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth1742 in the days past."
Notes
[1742] Literally, "advanced" in anticipation of reward in the Hereafter.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ ٢٥
wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiyah
25. But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٦
walam adri mā ḥisābiyah
26. And had not known what is my account.
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
yālaytahā kānati l-qāḍiyata
27. I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.1743
Notes
[1743] i.e., ending life rather than being the gateway to eternal life.
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ٢٨
mā aghnā ʿannī māliyah
28. My wealth has not availed me.
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ ٢٩
halaka ʿannī sul'ṭāniyah
29. Gone from me is my authority."1744
Notes
[1744] i.e., I have no valid excuse to stand on.
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠
khudhūhu faghullūhu
30. [Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١
thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūhu
31. Then into Hellfire drive him.
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ ٣٢
thumma fī sil'silatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-us'lukūhu
32. Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٣٣
innahu kāna lā yu'minu bil-lahi l-ʿaẓīmi
33. Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ٣٤
walā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni
34. Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ ٣٥
falaysa lahu l-yawma hāhunā ḥamīmun
35. So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ ٣٦
walā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghis'līnin
36. Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧
lā yakuluhu illā l-khāṭiūna
37. None will eat it except the sinners.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٨
falā uq'simu bimā tub'ṣirūna
38. So I swear by what you see
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٩
wamā lā tub'ṣirūna
39. And what you do not see
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ٤٠
innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin
40. [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ ٤١
wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūna
41. And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢
walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūna
42. Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣
tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna
43. [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤
walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīli
44. And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ٤٥
la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīni
45. We would have seized him by the right hand;1745
Notes
[1745] Another interpretation is "by [Our] right hand," i.e., Allāh would have exacted revenge with might and power.
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ٤٦
thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīna
46. Then We would have cut from him the aorta.1746
Notes
[1746] Causing immediate death.
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ٤٧
famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīna
47. And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨
wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīna
48. And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩
wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīna
49. And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠
wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīna
50. And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥١
wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīni
51. And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٥٢
fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi
52. So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
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