Al-Haaqqa
الحَاقَّةِ
Translation By
Dr. Mustafa Khattab
69:1
ﮯThe Inevitable Reality
ﮰ(1)
الْحَاقَّةُ
The Inevitable Hour!
69:2
ﮱWhat
ﯓ(is) the Inevitable Reality
ﯔ(2)
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
What is the Inevitable Hour?
69:3
ﯕAnd what
ﯖwill make you know
ﯗwhat
ﯘ(is) the Inevitable Reality
ﯙ(3)
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
69:4
ﯚDenied
ﯛThamud
ﯜand Aad
ﯝthe Striking Calamity
ﯞ(4)
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.1
69:5
ﯟSo as for
ﯠThamud
ﯡthey were destroyed
ﯢby the overpowering (blast)
ﯣ(5)
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.
69:6
ﯤAnd as for
ﯥAad
ﯦthey were destroyed
ﯧby a wind
ﯨscreaming
ﯩviolent
ﯪ(6)
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
69:7
ﯫWhich He imposed
ﯬupon them
ﯭ(for) seven
ﯮnights
ﯯand eight
ﯰdays
ﯱ(in) succession
ﯲso you would see
ﯳthe people
ﯴtherein
ﯵfallen
ﯶas if they were
ﯷtrunks
ﯸ(of) date-palms
ﯹhollow
ﯺ(7)
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
which 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
ﯻThen do
ﯼyou see
ﯽof them
ﯾany
ﯿremains
ﰀ(8)
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Do you see any of them left alive?
69:9
ﭑAnd came
ﭒFiraun
ﭓand (those)
ﭔbefore him
ﭕand the overturned cities
ﭖwith sin
ﭗ(9)
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,
69:10
ﭘAnd they disobeyed
ﭙ(the) Messenger
ﭚ(of) their Lord
ﭛso He seized them
ﭜ(with) a seizure
ﭝexceeding
ﭞ(10)
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.