بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
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ٱلْحَآقَّةُ al-ḥāqqah THE CONCRETE REALITY.
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مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ mal ḥāqqah What is the concrete reality?
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ wa mā adrāka mal ḥāqqah What do you comprehend by the concrete reality?
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ kadhhabat thamūdu wa`ādun bil qāri`ah The Thamud and 'Ad denied the consequential calamity.
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فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ fa-ammā thamūdu fa-uhlikū biṭ ṭāghiyah So destroyed were the Thamud by a storm of thunder and lightning;
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وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ wa-ammā `ādun fa-uhlikū birīḥin ṣarṣarin `ātiyah And the 'Ad were destroyed by the furious cold blast of roaring wind
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سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ sakhharahā `alayhim sab`a layālin wathamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūman fataral qawma fīhā ṣar`ā ka-annahum a`jāzu nakhlin khāwiyah Which He sent to assail them for seven nights and eight days running. You should have seen the people prostrate like the decayed trunks of date-palm trees.
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فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ fahal tarā lahum min bāqiyah Do you see any trace of them?
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وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ wajā-a fir`awnu wa man qablahu wal mu-tafikātu bil khāṭi-ah Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes.
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فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً fa`aṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa-akhadhahum akhdhatan rābiyah When they disobeyed the apostle of their Lord He seized them with an overwhelming punishment.
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إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ innā lammā ṭaghal mā-u ḥamalnākum fil jāriyah When the water rose in flood, We bore you in the ark,
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لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ linaj`alahā lakum tadhkiratan wata`iyahā udhunun wā`iyah In order to make it a warning for you, and that the ear retentive may preserve it.
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فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ fa-idhā nufikha fiṣ ṣūri nafkhatun wāḥidah When the single blast is sounded on the trumpet,
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وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً waḥumilatil-arḍu wal jibālu fadukkatā dakkatan wāḥidah And the earth and mountains heaved and crushed to powder with one levelling blow,
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ fayawma-idhin waqa`atil wāqi`ah On that Day will come what is to come.
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وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ wanshaqqatis samā-u fahiya yawma-idhin wāhiyah The sky will cleave asunder on that day and fall to pieces.
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وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ wal malaku `alā arjā-ihā ۚ wayaḥmilu `arsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyah On its fringes will be angels, eight of them, bearing their Lord's throne aloft.
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يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ yawma-idhin tu`raḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyah You will then be set before Him, and not one of you will remain unexposed.
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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ fa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fayaqūlu hā-umuq-ra-ū kitābiyah He who is given his ledger in his right hand, will say: "Here, read my ledger.
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إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah I was certain I'll be given my account."
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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ fahuwa fī `īshatin rāḍiyah So he shall have an agreeable life
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فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ fī jannatin `āliyah In high empyrean
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قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ quṭūfuhā dāniyah With fruits hanging low within reach,
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كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ kulū washrabū hanī-an bimā aslaftum fil-ayyāmil khāliyah (And told:) "Eat and drink to your fill as reward for (good) deeds you had done in days of yore."
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ wa-ammā man ūtiya kitābahu bishimālihi fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiyah But whosoever gets his ledger in his left hand, will say: "Would that I were never given my ledger,
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وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ walam adri mā ḥisābiyah And not known my account!
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يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ yālaytahā kānatil qāḍiyah I wish death had put an end to me.
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مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ mā aghnā `annī māliyah ۜ Of no use was even my wealth.
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هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ halaka `annī sulṭāniyah Vanished has my power from me."
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خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ khudhūhu faghullūh "Seize him and manacle him,
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ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ thummal jaḥīma ṣallūh Then cast him to be burnt in Hell;
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ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ thumma fī silsilatin dhar`uhā sab`ūna dhirā`an faslukūh And string him to a chain seventy cubits long.
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إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ innahu kāna lā yu-minu billāhil `aẓīm He did not believe in God the supreme,
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وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ walā yaḥuḍḍu `alā ṭa`āmil miskīn Nor urged others to feed the poor.
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فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ falaysa lahul yawma hāhunā ḥamīm That is why he has no friend today,
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وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ walā ṭa`āmun illā min ghislīn Nor food other than suppuration (filth)
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لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ lā ya-kuluhu illal-khāṭi-ūn Which none but the hellish eat."
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ falā uqsimu bimā tubṣirūn So, I call to witness what you see
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وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ wa mā lā tubṣirūn And what you do not see,
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīm That this is indeed the word of the noble Messenger,
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ wa mā huwa biqawli shā`ir ۚ qalīlan mā tu-minūn And not the word of a poet. How little is it that you believe!
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وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ walā biqawli kāhin ۚ qalīlan mā tadhakkarūn Nor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little is it that you reflect!
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تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ tanzīlun min rabbil `ālamīn It has been sent down by the Lord of all the worlds.
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وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ walaw taqawwala `alaynā ba`ḍal-aqāwyl Had he attributed falsely any words to Us,
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لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ la-akhadhnā minhu bil yamīn We would have seized him by his right hand,
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ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ thumma laqaṭa`nā minhul watīn Then cut off his aorta,
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فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ famā minkum min aḥadin `anhu ḥājizīn And not one of you would have been able to stop (Us).
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ wa innahu latadhkiratun lil-muttaqīn It is really a reminder for those who fear God and follow the straight path.
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وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ wa innā lana`lamu anna minkum mukadhhibīn We certainly know that some among you do deny it.
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ wa innahu laḥasratun `alal-kāfirīn It is surely the nemesis of unbelievers.
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وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ wa innahu laḥaqqul yaqīn And He, He is indeed the ultimate Reality.
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فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ fasabbiḥ bismi rabbikal `aẓīm So glorify your Lord, the most supreme.
