Al-Hâqqah

الْحَاقَّةُ ١

The surely Inevitable Hour!

مَا الْحَاقَّةُ ٢

What is the surely Inevitable Hour?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ ٣

And what has made you alert what (calamity) surely is the Inevitable Hour?

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ ٤

Thamud and ‘Ad rejected the (calamity of a) Shattering Gravitational Collision (of all the existent cosmic bodies).

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ ٥

So, as for the people of Thamud, they were destroyed by the extremely violent, Deafening Blast.

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ٦

And as for the people of ‘Ad, they (too) were destroyed by a violently cold, roaring gale.

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ ٧

Allah made that (gale) seize them for consecutive seven nights and eight days. So, you could see them lying dead (during that time as if) they were hollow roots of the uprooted palm trees.

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ ٨

So do you see any of them surviving?

وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ ٩

And Pharaoh and those before him and (the dwellers of) the overthrown towns (of the community of Lut [Lot]) committed grave sins.

فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً ١٠

So they (also) disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord. And Allah seized them with a mighty seizure.

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ ١١

Indeed, when the water (of the Deluge) overflowed the limit, We carried you in the floating Ark,

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ ١٢

So that We make this (episode a reminding) lesson of warning for you and that the retentive ears may retain it.

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ١٣

Then when the Trumpet will be blown once,

وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً ١٤

And the earth and mountains will be removed (from their places), they will then be crushed to sand particles in a single crash.

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ ١٥

Then that will be the Hour when the surely Inevitable (calamity) will occur.

وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ ١٦

And (all) the heavenly bodies will split apart and this universe will come to comprise (black) holes (by means of a force which coordinates and keeps the system going).

وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ ١٧

And the angels will be standing on its edges and above them that Day, and eight (angels or parties of angels) will be carrying the Throne of your Lord.

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ ١٨

That Day you will be made to appear (for reckoning). Nothing of your secrets will remain hidden.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ ١٩

So the one who will be given his record in the right hand will say (pleased): ‘Come and read my record.

إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ ٢٠

I firmly believed that I would find my account (easy).’