Transliteration

Al haaaqqah

Translation

The Inevitable Hour!

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Mal haaaqqah

Translation

What is the Inevitable Hour?

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Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah

Translation

How do you know what the Inevitable Hour is?

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Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah

Translation

Thamūd and ‘Ād denied the Striking Calamity of the Hour[1].

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Fa-ammaa Samoodu fa uhlikoo bittaaghiyah

Translation

As for Thamūd, they were destroyed by a dreadful blast.

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Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bi reehin sarsarin 'aatiyah

Translation

And as for ‘Ād, they were destroyed by a furious windstorm[2]

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Sakkhara haa 'alaihim sab'a la yaalinw wa samaaniyata ayyaamin husooman fataral qawma feehaa sar'aa ka annahum a'jaazu nakhlin khaawiyah

Translation

which He unleashed against them for seven successive nights and eight days, so you would see the people lying dead as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

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Fahal taraa lahum min baaqiyah

Translation

Do you see any trace of them now?

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Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bil khaati'ah

Translation

Also, Pharaoh and those who came before him, and the overturned cities [of Lot] committed the grave sin,

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Fa 'asaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah

Translation

each disobeying the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a severe punishment.

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Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah

Translation

Indeed, when the floodwater overflowed, We carried you [O humans] in the sailing Ark[3],

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Li naj'alahaa lakum tazki ratanw-wa ta'iyahaa uzununw waa'iyah

Translation

so that We might make it a reminder for you, and that attentive ears may take heed.

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Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah

Translation

Then when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast,

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Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah

Translation

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

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Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah

Translation

on that Day the Inevitable Event will occur.

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Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah

Translation

And the sky will split asunder and will be frail[4] on that day,

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Wal malaku 'alaaa arjaaa'ihaa; wa yahmilu 'Arsha Rabbika fawqahum yawma'izin samaaniyah

Translation

with the angels on all its sides, and on that Day, eight [mighty angels] will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

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Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah

Translation

On that day, you will be brought forth [before Allah], and none of your secrets will remain hidden.

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Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenihee fa yaqoolu haaa'umuq ra'oo kitaabiyah

Translation

As for the one who is given his Record in his right hand, he will say, “Here is my Record, read it!

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Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah

Translation

I was sure that I would meet my reckoning.”

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Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah

Translation

So he will be in a pleasant life,

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Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah

Translation

in a lofty garden,

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Qutoofuhaa daaniyah

Translation

with clustered fruit within his reach.

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Kuloo washraboo haneee'am bimaaa aslaftum fil ayyaamil khaliyah

Translation

[They will be told,] “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did[5] in the days gone by.”

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Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah

Translation

As for the one who is given his Record in his left hand, he will say, “Would that I had not been given my Record,

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Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah

Translation

nor had I known anything of my reckoning!

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Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah

Translation

Would that it [i.e., death] had been the end of me[6]!

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Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah

Translation

My wealth has been of no avail to me.

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Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah

Translation

My authority has vanished[7].”

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Khuzoohu faghullooh

Translation

[It will be said,] “Seize him and shackle him,

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Summal Jaheema sallooh

Translation

then make him burn in the Blazing Fire,

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Summa fee silsilatin zar'uhaa sab'oona ziraa'an faslukooh

Translation

then tie him up with a chain of seventy cubits long.

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Innahoo kaana laa yu'minu billaahil 'Azeem

Translation

For he did not believe in Allah, the Most Great,

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Wa laa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aamil miskeen

Translation

nor did he encourage feeding the needy.

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Falaysa lahul yawma haahunaa hameem

Translation

So Today he will have no close friend here,

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Wa laa ta'aamun illaa min ghisleen

Translation

nor any food except the discharge of wounds,

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Laa ya'kuluhooo illal khaati'oon

Translation

none will eat it except the sinners.”

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Falaaa uqsimu bimaa tubsiroon

Translation

I swear by what you can see.

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Wa maa laa tubsiroon

Translation

and what you cannot see!

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Innahoo laqawlu Rasoolin kareem

Translation

Indeed, this is the word of a noble Messenger[8],

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Wa maa huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelan maa tu'minoon

Translation

and it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe!

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Wa laa biqawli kaahin; qaleelan maa tazakkaroon

Translation

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer; little do you take heed!

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Tanzeelum mir rabbil 'aalameen

Translation

It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

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Wa law taqawwala 'alainaa ba'dal aqaaweel

Translation

If he had falsely attributed something to Us,

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La-akhaznaa minhu bilyameen

Translation

We would have surely seized him by the right hand[9],

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Summa laqata'naa minhul wateen

Translation

then severed his aorta[10],

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Famaa minkum min ahadin'anhu haajizeen

Translation

and none of you could have rescued him.

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Wa innahoo latazkiratul lilmuttaqeen

Translation

This [Qur’an] is indeed a reminder for those who are righteous.

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Wa inna lana'lamu anna minkum mukazzibeen

Translation

And We surely know that some of you will be deniers,

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Wa innahu lahasratun 'alal kaafireen

Translation

and it[11] will certainly be a source of regret for the disbelievers.

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Wa innahoo lahaqqul yaqeen

Translation

And this[12] is indeed the absolute truth.

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Fassabbih bismi Rabbikal 'Azeem

Translation

So glorify the name of your Lord, the Most Great.