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سُوْرَةُ الْحَآقَّةِ

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Surah 69verses 52 Revealed in MeccanJuz 29–29

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

69:1

ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

Ayah 1

Translation of the meaningThe Inevitable Hour

69:2

مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

Ayah 2

Translation of the meaningWhat is the Inevitable Hour

69:3

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ

Ayah 3

Translation of the meaningAnd what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is

69:4

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ

Ayah 4

Translation of the meaning˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster

69:5

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

Ayah 5

Translation of the meaningAs for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast

69:6

وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةࣲ‏

Ayah 6

Translation of the meaningAnd as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind

69:7

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالࣲ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومࣰ اۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةࣲ‏

Ayah 7

Translation of the meaningwhich 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

فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةࣲ‏

Ayah 8

Translation of the meaningDo you see any of them left alive

69:9

وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ

Ayah 9

Translation of the meaningAlso, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin

69:10

فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِيَةً

Ayah 10

Translation of the meaningeach disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip

69:11

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ

Ayah 11

Translation of the meaningIndeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺

69:12

لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنࣱ وَٰعِيَةࣱ‏

Ayah 12

Translation of the meaningso that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it

69:13

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ‏

Ayah 13

Translation of the meaningAt last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast

69:14

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ‏

Ayah 14

Translation of the meaningand the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow

69:15

فَيَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ

Ayah 15

Translation of the meaningon that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass

69:16

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاهِيَةࣱ‏

Ayah 16

Translation of the meaningThe sky will then be so torn that it will be frail

69:17

وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ ثَمَٰنِيَةࣱ‏

Ayah 17

Translation of the meaningwith the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them

69:18

يَوۡمَئِذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةࣱ‏

Ayah 18

Translation of the meaningYou will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden

69:19

فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ

Ayah 19

Translation of the meaningAs for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record

69:20

إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ

Ayah 20

Translation of the meaningI surely knew I would face my reckoning.”

69:21

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ‏

Ayah 21

Translation of the meaningThey will be in a life of bliss

69:22

فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ‏

Ayah 22

Translation of the meaningin an elevated Garden

69:23

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةࣱ‏

Ayah 23

Translation of the meaningwhose fruit will hang within reach

69:24

كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ

Ayah 24

Translation of the meaning˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”

69:25

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ

Ayah 25

Translation of the meaningAnd 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

وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ

Ayah 26

Translation of the meaningnor known anything of my reckoning

69:27

يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ

Ayah 27

Translation of the meaningI wish death was the end

69:28

مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ

Ayah 28

Translation of the meaningMy wealth has not benefited me

69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ

Ayah 29

Translation of the meaningMy authority has been stripped from me.”

69:30

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

Ayah 30

Translation of the meaning˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them

69:31

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

Ayah 31

Translation of the meaningthen burn them in Hell

69:32

ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰ ا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ

Ayah 32

Translation of the meaningthen tie them up with chains seventy arms long

69:33

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

Ayah 33

Translation of the meaningFor they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest

69:34

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

Ayah 34

Translation of the meaningnor encouraged the feeding of the poor

69:35

فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمࣱ‏

Ayah 35

Translation of the meaningSo this Day they will have no close friend here

69:36

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينࣲ‏

Ayah 36

Translation of the meaningnor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus

69:37

لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ

Ayah 37

Translation of the meaningwhich none will eat except the evildoers.”

69:38

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

Ayah 38

Translation of the meaningNow, I do swear by whatever you see

69:39

وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ

Ayah 39

Translation of the meaningand whatever you cannot see

69:40

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ‏

Ayah 40

Translation of the meaningIndeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger

69:41

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ

Ayah 41

Translation of the meaningIt is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith

69:42

وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Ayah 42

Translation of the meaningNor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful

69:43

تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Ayah 43

Translation of the meaning˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds

69:44

وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ

Ayah 44

Translation of the meaningHad the Messenger made up something in Our Name

69:45

لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ

Ayah 45

Translation of the meaningWe would have certainly seized him by his right hand

69:46

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ

Ayah 46

Translation of the meaningthen severed his aorta

69:47

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

Ayah 47

Translation of the meaningand none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺

69:48

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ

Ayah 48

Translation of the meaningIndeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺

69:49

وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

Ayah 49

Translation of the meaningAnd We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial

69:50

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

Ayah 50

Translation of the meaningand it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers

69:51

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ

Ayah 51

Translation of the meaningAnd indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth

69:52

فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ

Ayah 52

Translation of the meaningSo glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest

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