69:1
ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ١
The Inevitable Hour!
69:2
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٢
What is the Inevitable Hour?
69:3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٣
And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
69:4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ ٤
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.
69:5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥
As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.
69:6
وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ ٦
And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
69:7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ ٧
which Allah unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees.
69:8
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ ٨
Do you see any of them left alive?
69:9
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ ٩
Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,
69:10
فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً ١٠
each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.
69:11
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ ١١
Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,
69:12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ ١٢
so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.
69:13
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ ١٣
At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast,
69:14
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ ١٤
and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow,
69:15
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ ١٥
on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.
69:16
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ ١٦
The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail,
69:17
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌۭ ١٧
with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
69:18
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ ١٨
You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.
69:19
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ١٩
As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!
69:20
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٠
I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”
69:21
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ ٢١
They will be in a life of bliss,
69:22
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ ٢٢
in an elevated Garden,
69:23
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ ٢٣
whose fruit will hang within reach.
69:24
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ ٢٤
˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”
69:25
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ ٢٥
And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record,
69:26
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٦
nor known anything of my reckoning!
69:27
يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
I wish death was the end!
69:28
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ ٢٨
My wealth has not benefited me!
69:29
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ ٢٩
My authority has been stripped from me.”
69:30
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠
˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them,
69:31
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١
then burn them in Hell,
69:32
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ ٣٢
then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.
69:33
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٣٣
For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest,
69:34
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ٣٤
nor encouraged the feeding of the poor.
69:35
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ ٣٥
So this Day they will have no close friend here,
69:36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ ٣٦
nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus,
69:37
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧
which none will eat except the evildoers.”
69:38
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٨
Now, I do swear by whatever you see,
69:39
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٣٩
and whatever you cannot see!
69:40
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ٤٠
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger.
69:41
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ ٤١
It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.
69:42
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢
Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.
69:43
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٤٣
˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.
69:44
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤
Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name,
69:45
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ٤٥
We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,
69:46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ٤٦
then severed his aorta,
69:47
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ ٤٧
and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!
69:48
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺.
69:49
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩
And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial,
69:50
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ٥٠
and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.
69:51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ ٥١
And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth.
69:52
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ٥٢
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.
