The Final Hour
1. The Inevitable Hour! 2. What is the Inevitable Hour? 3. And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
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مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ٢
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ٣
Surah 69 - Al-Ḥâqqah (The Inevitable Hour) - Verses 1-3
Al-Ḥâqqah (Surah 69)
Al-Ḥâqqah (The Inevitable Hour)
Makki SurahIntroduction
This Meccan sûrah refers to the destruction of the peoples of ’Ȃd, Thamûd, Pharaoh, and Lot (ﷺ) for denying the Hereafter. A reference is made to the apocalypse, followed by a touching description of the reward of the believers and the punishment of the disbelievers (verses 18-37). The pagan arguments against the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Quran are thoroughly refuted (verses 38-52). The horrors of the apocalypse are further described in the next sûrah.
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
Examples of Destroyed Peoples
4. (Both) Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster. 5. As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast. 6. And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind 7. 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. 8. Do you see any of them left alive? 9. Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and (the people of) the overturned cities (of Lot) indulged in sin, 10. each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip. 11. Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark (with Noah), 12. so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.
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فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ٥
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ٦
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ٧
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ٨
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ٩
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً١٠
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ١١
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ١٢
Surah 69 - Al-Ḥâqqah (The Inevitable Hour) - Verses 4-12
Horrors of Judgment Day
13. At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast, 14. and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow, 15. on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass. 16. The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail, 17. with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight (mighty angels) will bear the Throne of your Lord above them. 18. You will then be presented (before Him for judgment), and none of your secrets will stay hidden.
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وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً١٤
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ١٥
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ١٦
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ١٧
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ١٨
Surah 69 - Al-Ḥâqqah (The Inevitable Hour) - Verses 13-18
The Winners
19. As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry (happily), “Here (everyone)! Read my record! 20. I surely knew I would face my reckoning.” 21. They will be in a life of bliss, 22. in an elevated Garden, 23. whose fruit will hang within reach. 24. (They will be told,) “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”
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إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ٢٠
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ٢١
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ٢٢
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ٢٣
كُلُوا وَٱشْرَبُوا هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ٢٤
Surah 69 - Al-Ḥâqqah (The Inevitable Hour) - Verses 19-24
Full text of Surah Al-Ḥâqqah with translation
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 1
ٱلْحَآقَّةُThe Inevitable Hour!
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 2
مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُWhat is the Inevitable Hour?
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُAnd what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ(Both) Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِAs for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 6
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍAnd as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍwhich 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.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 8
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍDo you see any of them left alive?
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 9
وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِAlso, Pharaoh and those before him, and (the people of) the overturned cities (of Lot) indulged in sin,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 10
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةًeach disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 11
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِIndeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark (with Noah),
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌso that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 13
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌAt last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 14
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةًand the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 15
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُon that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 16
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌThe sky will then be so torn that it will be frail,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 17
وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌwith the angels on its sides. On that Day eight (mighty angels) will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 18
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌYou will then be presented (before Him for judgment), and none of your secrets will stay hidden.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 19
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا كِتَـٰبِيَهْAs for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry (happily), “Here (everyone)! Read my record!
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 20
إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْI surely knew I would face my reckoning.”
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 21
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍThey will be in a life of bliss,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 22
فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍin an elevated Garden,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 23
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌwhose fruit will hang within reach.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 24
كُلُوا وَٱشْرَبُوا هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ(They will be told,) “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 25
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْAnd as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry (bitterly), “I wish I had not been given my record,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 26
وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْnor known anything of my reckoning!
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 27
يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَI wish death was the end!
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 28
مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜMy wealth has not benefited me!
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 29
هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْMy authority has been stripped from me.”
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 30
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ(It will be said,) “Seize and shackle them,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 31
ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُthen burn them in Hell,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 32
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُthen tie them up with chains seventy arms long.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 33
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِFor they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 34
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِnor encouraged the feeding of the poor.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 35
فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌSo this Day they will have no close friend here,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 36
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍnor any food except (oozing) pus,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 37
لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَwhich none will eat except the evildoers.”
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 38
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَNow, I do swear by whatever you see,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 39
وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَand whatever you cannot see!
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 40
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍIndeed, this (Quran) is the recitation of a noble Messenger.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 41
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَIt is not the prose of a poet (as you claim), (yet) you hardly have any faith.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 42
وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَNor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, (yet) you are hardly mindful.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 43
تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ(It is) a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 44
وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِHad the Messenger made up something in Our Name,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 45
لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِWe would have certainly seized him by his right hand,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 46
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَthen severed his aorta,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 47
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَand none of you could have shielded him (from Us)!
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 48
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَIndeed, this (Quran) is a reminder to those mindful (of Allah).
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 49
وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَAnd We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial,
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 50
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَand it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 51
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِAnd indeed, this (Quran) is the absolute truth.
Surah Al-Ḥâqqah, verse 52
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِSo glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.
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