“Convey my teaching (to the people) even if it were one sentence” [Sahih Bukhari 3461]


Text: Chapter 69: Al-Haqqah (The Inevitable Hour)


69:1

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الْحَاقَّةُ

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The Inevitable Hour!

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69:2

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مَا الْحَاقَّةُ

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What is the Inevitable Hour?

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69:3

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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ

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And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?

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69:4

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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ

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˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.1

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69:5

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فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ

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As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.

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69:6

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وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

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And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind

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سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

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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.

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69:8

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فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ

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Do you see any of them left alive?

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69:9

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وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ

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Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin,

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69:10

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فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

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each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.

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69:11

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إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ

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Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you1 in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺,

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69:12

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لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ

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so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.

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69:13

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فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

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At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast,

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69:14

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وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَاحِدَةً

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and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow,

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69:15

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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ

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on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.

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69:16

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وَانشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

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The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail,

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69:17

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وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ

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with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

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69:18

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يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

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You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.

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69:19

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فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَيَقُولُ هَاؤُمُ اقْرَءُوا كِتَابِيَهْ

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As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!

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69:20

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إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

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I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”

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69:21

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فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

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They will be in a life of bliss,

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69:22

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فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

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in an elevated Garden,

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69:23

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قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

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whose fruit will hang within reach.

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69:24

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كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي الْأَيَّامِ الْخَالِيَةِ

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

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69:25

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وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِشِمَالِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَابِيَهْ

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And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record,

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69:26

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وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

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nor known anything of my reckoning!

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69:27

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يَا لَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ الْقَاضِيَةَ

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I wish death was the end!

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69:28

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مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهْ ۜ

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My wealth has not benefited me!

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69:29

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هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ

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My authority has been stripped from me.”

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69:30

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خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

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˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them,

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69:31

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ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

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then burn them in Hell,

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69:32

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ثُمَّ فِي سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَاسْلُكُوهُ

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then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.

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69:33

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إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

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For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest,

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69:34

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وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

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nor encouraged the feeding of the poor.

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69:35

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فَلَيْسَ لَهُ الْيَوْمَ هَاهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

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So this Day they will have no close friend here,

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69:36

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وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

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nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus,

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69:37

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لَّا يَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا الْخَاطِئُونَ

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which none will eat except the evildoers.”

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69:38

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فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

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Now, I do swear by whatever you see,

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69:39

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وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

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and whatever you cannot see!

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69:40

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إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger.

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69:41

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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

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It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.

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69:42

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وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

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Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.

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69:43

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تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.

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69:44

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وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ

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Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name,

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69:45

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لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ

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We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,

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ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ

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then severed his aorta,

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69:47

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فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ

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and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!

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69:48

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وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

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Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺.

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69:49

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وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

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And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial,

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69:50

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وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ

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and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.

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69:51

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وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ الْيَقِينِ

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And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth.

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69:52

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فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ

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So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.

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