Al Haqqa

Saheeh International

1 The Inevitable Reality -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Reality!

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2 What is the Inevitable Reality?

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2 What is the Inevitable?

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2 What is the Reality ?

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3 And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

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3 And what will make you know what the Inevitable is?

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3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

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4 Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

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4 Thamud and 'Ad people denied the Qari'ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)!

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4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

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5 So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

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5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry!

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5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

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6 And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

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6 And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind!

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6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

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7 Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

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7 Which Allah imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!

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7 Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm - trees.

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8 Then do you see of them any remains?

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8 Do you see any remnants of them?

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8 Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them ?

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9 And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

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9 And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lut (Lot)] committed sin.

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9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

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10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

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10 And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment.

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10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

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11 Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

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11 Verily, when the water rose beyond its limits [Nuh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nuh (Noah)]

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11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

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12 That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

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12 That We might make it (Noah's ship) an admonition for you and that it might be retained by the retaining ears.

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12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

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13 Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

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13 Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one).

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13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

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14 And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -

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14 And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing.

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14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

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15 Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

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15 Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall.

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15 Then, on that day will the Event befall.

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16 And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

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16 And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up.

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16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

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17 And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

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17 And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

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17 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

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18 That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.

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18 That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.

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18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

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19 So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!

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19 Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Here! read my Record!

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19 Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!

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20 Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

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20 "Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"

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20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

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21 So he will be in a pleasant life -

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21 So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.

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21 Then he will be in blissful state

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22 In an elevated garden,

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22 In a lofty Paradise,

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22 In a high garden

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23 Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

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23 The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.

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23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

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24 [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past."

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24 Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!

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24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

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25 But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

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25 But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!

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25 But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book

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26 And had not known what is my account.

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26 "And that I had never known how my Account is!

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26 And knew not what my reckoning!

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27 I wish my death had been the decisive one.

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27 "Would that it had been my end (death)!

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27 Oh, would that it had been death!

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28 My wealth has not availed me.

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28 "My wealth has not availed me;

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28 My wealth hath not availed me,

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29 Gone from me is my authority."

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29 "My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!"

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29 My power hath gone from me.

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30 [Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

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30 (It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him;

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30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him

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31 Then into Hellfire drive him.

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31 Then throw him in the blazing Fire.

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31 And then expose him to hell - fire

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32 Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

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32 "Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"

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32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

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33 Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,

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33 Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great,

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33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

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34 Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

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34 And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor).

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34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

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35 So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

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35 So no friend has he here this Day,

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35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

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36 Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

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36 Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds.

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36 Nor any food save filth

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37 None will eat it except the sinners.

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37 None will eat it except the Khati'un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).

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37 Which none but sinners eat.

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38 So I swear by what you see

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38 So I swear by whatsoever you see,

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38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see

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39 And what you do not see

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39 And by whatsoever you see not,

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39 And all that ye see not

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40 [That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.

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40 That this is verily, the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibril (Gabriel) or Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which he has brought from Allah].

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40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

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41 And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.

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41 It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe!

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41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

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42 Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

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42 Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember!

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42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

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43 [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

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43 This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

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43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

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44 And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

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44 And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله),

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44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

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45 We would have seized him by the right hand;

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45 We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),

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45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

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46 Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

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46 And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta),

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46 And then severed his life - artery,

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47 And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

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47 And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.

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47 And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

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48 And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.

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48 And verily, this (Qur'an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2).

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48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

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49 And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

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49 And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'an). (Tafsir At-Tabari)

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49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

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50 And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

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50 And indeed it (this Qur'an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).

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50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

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51 And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

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51 And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute truth with certainty.

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51 And lo! it is absolute truth.

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52 So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

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52 So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.

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52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.