Surah Al-Ĥāqqah (The Reality) in English

1. وجاء فرعون ومن قبله والمؤتفكات بالخاطئة

   9

   Then Pharaoh and those who were before him, and the towns that were overturned, brought about iniquity.

   wa-jāʾa firʾawnu wa-man qablahū wa-l-muʾtafikātu bi-l-khāṭiʾati

2. فعصوا رسول ربهم فأخذهم أخذة رابية

   10

   They disobeyed the apostle of their Lord, so He seized them with a terrible seizing.

   fa-ʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-ʾakhadhahum ʾakhdhatan rābiyatan

3. إنا لما طغى الماء حملناكم في الجارية

   11

   Indeed when the Flood rose high, We carried you in a floating ark,

   ʾinnā lammā ṭaghā l-māʾu ḥamalnākum fī l-jāriyati

4. لنجعلها لكم تذكرة وتعيها أذن واعية

   12

   that We might make it a reminder for you, and that receptive ears might remember it.

   li-najʿalahā lakum tadhkiratan wa-taʿiyahā ʾudhunun wāʿiyatun

5. فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة

   13

   When the Trumpet is blown with a single blast

   fa-ʾidhā nufikha fī ṣ-ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidatun

6. وحملت الأرض والجبال فدكتا دكة واحدة

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   and the earth and the mountains are lifted and levelled with a single levelling,

   wa-ḥumilati l-ʾarḍu wa-l-jibālu fa-dukkatā dakkatan wāḥidatan

7. فيومئذ وقعت الواقعة

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   then, on that day, will the Imminent [Hour] befall

   fa-yawmaʾidhin waqaʿati l-wāqiʿatu

8. وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية

   16

   and the sky will be split open—for it will be frail on that day—

   wa-nshaqqati s-samāʾu fa-hiya yawmaʾidhin wāhiyatun

9. والملك على أرجائها ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية

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   with the angels all over it, and the Throne of your Lord will be borne that day by eight [angels].

   wa-l-malaku ʿalā ʾarjāʾihā wa-yaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaʾidhin thamāniyatun

10. يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية

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    That day you will be presented [before your Lord]: none of your secrets will remain hidden.

    yawmaʾidhin tuʿraḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyatun

11. فأما من أوتي كتابه بيمينه فيقول هاؤم اقرءوا كتابيه

    19

    As for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say, ‘Here, take and read my book!

    fa-ʾammā man ʾūtiya kitābahū bi-yamīnihī fa-yaqūlu hāʾumu qraʾū kitābiyah

12. إني ظننت أني ملاق حسابيه

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    Indeed I knew that I will encounter my account [of deeds].’

    ʾinnī ẓanantu ʾannī mulāqin ḥisābiyah

13. فهو في عيشة راضية

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    So he will have a pleasant life,

    fa-huwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin

14. في جنة عالية

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    in an elevated garden,

    fī jannatin ʿāliyatin

15. قطوفها دانية

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    whose clusters [of fruits] will be within easy reach.

    quṭūfuhā dāniyatun

16. كلوا واشربوا هنيئا بما أسلفتم في الأيام الخالية

    24

    [He will be told]: ‘Enjoy your food and drink, for what you had sent in advance in past days [for your future life].’

    kulū wa-shrabū hanīʾan bi-mā ʾaslaftum fī l-ʾayyāmi l-khāliyati

17. وأما من أوتي كتابه بشماله فيقول يا ليتني لم أوت كتابيه

    25

    But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, ‘I wish I had not been given my book,

    wa-ʾammā man ʾūtiya kitābahū bi-shimālihī fa-yaqūlu yā-laytanī lam ʾūta kitābiyah

18. ولم أدر ما حسابيه

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    nor had I ever known what my account is!

    wa-lam ʾadri mā ḥisābiyah

19. يا ليتها كانت القاضية

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    I wish death had been the end of it all!

    yā-laytahā kānati l-qāḍiyata

20. ما أغنى عني ماليه

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    My wealth did not avail me.

    mā ʾaghnā ʿannī māliyah

21. هلك عني سلطانيه

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    My authority has left me.’

    halaka ʿannī sulṭāniyah

22. خذوه فغلوه

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    [The angels will be told:] ‘Seize him, and fetter him!

    khudhūhu fa-ghullūhu

23. ثم الجحيم صلوه

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    Then put him into hell.

    thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūhu

24. ثم في سلسلة ذرعها سبعون ذراعا فاسلكوه

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    Then bind him in a chain, seventy cubits in length.

    thumma fī silsilatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan fa-slukūhu

25. إنه كان لا يؤمن بالله العظيم

    33

    Indeed he had no faith in Allah, the All-supreme,

    ʾinnahū kāna lā yuʾminu bi-llāhi l-ʿaẓīmi

26. ولا يحض على طعام المسكين

    34

    and he did not urge the feeding of the needy,

    wa-lā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-miskīni