English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 69 الحاقة
52 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
الْحَاقَّةُ Verse 1
The Reality!
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مَا الْحَاقَّةُ Verse 2
What is the Reality?
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ Verse 3
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ Verse 4
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
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فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ Verse 5
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
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وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ Verse 6
And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
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سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ Verse 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.
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فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ Verse 8
Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?
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وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ Verse 9
And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
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فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً Verse 10
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
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إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ Verse 11
Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
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لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ Verse 12
That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
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فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ Verse 13
And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
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وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً Verse 14
And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ Verse 15
Then, on that day will the Event befall.
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وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ Verse 16
And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
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وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ Verse 17
And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
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يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ Verse 18
On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ Verse 19
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
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إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ Verse 20
Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
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فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ Verse 21
Then he will be in blissful state
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فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ Verse 22
In a high garden
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قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ Verse 23
Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
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كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ Verse 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.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ Verse 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
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وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ Verse 26
And knew not what my reckoning!
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يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ Verse 27
Oh, would that it had been death!
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مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ Verse 28
My wealth hath not availed me,
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هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ Verse 29
My power hath gone from me.
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خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ Verse 30
(It will be said): Take him and fetter him
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ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ Verse 31
And then expose him to hell-fire
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ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ Verse 32
And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
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إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Verse 33
Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
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وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ Verse 34
And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
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فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ Verse 35
Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
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وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ Verse 36
Nor any food save filth
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لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ Verse 37
Which none but sinners eat.
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فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ Verse 38
But nay! I swear by all that ye see
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وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ Verse 39
And all that ye see not
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إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ Verse 40
That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ Verse 41
It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
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وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ Verse 42
Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
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تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 43
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
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وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ Verse 44
And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
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لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ Verse 45
We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
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ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ Verse 46
And then severed his life-artery,
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فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ Verse 47
And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
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وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ Verse 48
And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
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وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ Verse 49
And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
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وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ Verse 50
And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
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وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ Verse 51
And lo! it is absolute truth.
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فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ Verse 52
So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.
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