بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ

The Indubitable!

مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ

What is the Indubitable?

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَاۤقَّةُ

And what will teach thee what is the Indubitable?

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ

Thamood and Ad cried lies to the Clatterer.

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِیَةِ

As for Thamood, they were destroyed by the Screamer;

وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُوا۟ بِرِیحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِیَةࣲ

and as for Ad, they were destroyed by a wind clamorous,

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَیَالࣲ وَثَمَـٰنِیَةَ أَیَّامٍ حُسُومࣰاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِیهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِیَةࣲ

violent that He compelled against them seven nights and eight days, uninterruptedly, and thou mightest see the people laid prostrate in it as if they were the stumps of fallen down palm-trees.

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِیَةࣲ

Now dost thou see any remnant of them?

وَجَاۤءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ

Pharaoh likewise, and those before him, and the Subverted Cities -- they committed error,

فَعَصَوۡا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِیَةً

and they rebelled against the Messenger of their Lord, and He seized them with a surpassing grip.

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَاۤءُ حَمَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡجَارِیَةِ

Lo, when the waters rose, We bore you in the running ship

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِیَهَاۤ أُذُنࣱ وَ ٰ⁠عِیَةࣱ

that We might make it a reminder for you and for heeding ears to hold.

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَ ٰ⁠حِدَةࣱ

So, when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَ ٰ⁠حِدَةࣰ

and the earth and the mountains are lifted up and crushed with a single blow,

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ

then, on that day, the Terror shall come to pass,

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَهِیَ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَاهِیَةࣱ

and heaven shall be split, for upon that day it shall be very frail,

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰۤ أَرۡجَاۤىِٕهَاۚ وَیَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ ثَمَـٰنِیَةࣱ

and the angels shall stand upon its borders, and upon that day eight shall carry above them the Throne of thy Lord.

یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِیَةࣱ

On that day you shall be exposed, not one secret of yours concealed.

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِیَمِینِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ هَاۤؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ

Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall say, 'Here, take and read my book!

إِنِّی ظَنَنتُ أَنِّی مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِیَهۡ

Certainly I thought that I should encounter my reckoning.'

فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ

So he shall be in a pleasing life

فِی جَنَّةٍ عَالِیَةࣲ

in a lofty Garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِیَةࣱ

its clusters nigh to gather.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشۡرَبُوا۟ هَنِیۤـَٔۢا بِمَاۤ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَیَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِیَةِ

'Eat and drink with wholesome appetite for that you did long ago, in the days gone by.'

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِیَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَیَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِیَهۡ

But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he shall say, 'Would that I had not been given my book

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِیَهۡ

and not known my reckoning!

یَـٰلَیۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِیَةَ

Would it had been the end!

مَاۤ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّی مَالِیَهۡۜ

My wealth has not availed me,

هَلَكَ عَنِّی سُلۡطَـٰنِیَهۡ

my authority is gone from me.'

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

'Take him, and fetter him,

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ

and then roast him in Hell,

ثُمَّ فِی سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ

then in a chain of seventy cubits' length insert him!

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

Behold, he never believed in God the All-mighty,

وَلَا یَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ

and he never urged the feeding of the needy;

فَلَیۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِیمࣱ

therefore he today has not here one loyal friend,

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِینࣲ

neither any food saving foul pus,

لَّا یَأۡكُلُهُۥۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

that none excepting the sinners eat.'

فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

No! I swear by that you see

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

and by that you do not see,

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ

it is the speech of a noble Messenger.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ

It is not the speech of a poet (little do you believe)

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

nor the speech of a soothsayer (little do you remember).

تَنزِیلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ

A sending down from the Lord of all Being.

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَیۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِیلِ

Had he invented against Us any sayings,

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡیَمِینِ

We would have seized him by the right hand,

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِینَ

then We would surely have cut his life-vein

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَـٰجِزِینَ

and not one of you could have defended him.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِینَ

Surely it is a Reminder to the godfearing;

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِینَ

but We know that some of you will cry lies.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ

Surely it is a sorrow to the unbelievers;

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡیَقِینِ

yet indeed it is the truth of certainty.

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ

Then magnify the Name of thy Lord, the All-mighty.