Al-Haqqa
Read My Record
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. That which establishes the real! What is that which establishes the real?
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَآقَّةُ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُAnd what will give you an idea of what that which establishes the real is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُthe Depleters [Thamud] and the Recidivists [Aad] denied the Crash.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِAs for the Depleters [Thamud], they were annihilated by the excessive [cry].
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِAnd as for the Recidivists [Aad], they were annihilated by an icy, insolent wind, which He subjected against them for seven nights and eight days in succession,
وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭاso that you would have seen the people lying prostrate, as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢDo you see any remnant of them?
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢAnd Fir'awn, and those before him, and the overturned cities committed the offense; they disobeyed the messenger of their Guardian, so He seized them with an ever-intensifying seizure.
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةًWhen the water overflowed, We carried you on the vessel, so as to make it a reminder for you, and so that a retaining ear might retain it.
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭWhen the Horn is blown with a single blast, and the earth and the mountains are lifted and crushed with a single blow, on that day the Event will occur, and the heaven will split apart and be, on that day, frail, with the Agent at its edge,
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَاand eight [of them] will bear, on that day, the Edifice of your Guardian above them. On that day you will be exposed, and nothing about you will remain hidden.
وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭAs for the one who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: 'Here, read my record!
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْI thought that I would meet my reckoning.'
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْHe will be in a satisfying life, in a lofty garden, whose fruit clusters are within reach.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ'Eat and drink
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟pleasantly, for what you sent forth in the days gone by.'
هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِBut as for the one who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: 'Oh, would that I had not been given my record,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْand that I had had no idea what my reckoning was!
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْWould that it had been the final end! My goods have not availed me,
يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْmy authority has vanished from me.'
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ'Seize him, then bind him, then expose him to the Blaze, then insert him into a chain seventy cubits in length.
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُHe did not believe in God, the Immense, nor did he urge the feeding of the destitute.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِSo today he has here no warm friend, nor any food except a foul discharge, which only those at fault eat.'
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ- 69:42البزيقنبل
No! I swear by what you see clearly and what you do not see clearly: this is surely the saying of a noble messenger, and it is not the saying of a beguiling rhetorician — little do you believe — nor the saying of a soothsayer.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ - 69:42البزيقنبل
Little do you remember.
قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ A descent from the Guardian of all beings.
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَAnd had he attributed to Us some fabricated sayings, We would have seized him by the right hand, then severed his aorta, and not one of you could have shielded him from Us.
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَAnd this is surely a reminder for those who guard themselves [before God].
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَAnd We surely know that among you are deniers.
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَAnd this is surely a desolation for those who disown.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَAnd this is surely the truth of certainty.
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِSo glorify in the name of your Guardian, the Immense.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ