Al Haqqa

Yusuf Ali

1 The Sure Reality!

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

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2 What is the Sure Reality?

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2 What is the Inevitable?

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3 And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?

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

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4 The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!

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

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5 But the Thamud, - they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!

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

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6 And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;

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

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7 He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm - trees tumbled down!

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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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8 Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

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8 Do you see any remnants of them?

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9 And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual 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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10 And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.

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

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11 We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),

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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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12 That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.

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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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13 Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

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

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14 And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke, -

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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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15 On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.

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

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16 And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

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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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17 And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above 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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18 That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.

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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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19 Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye 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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20 "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"

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

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21 And he will be in a life of Bliss,

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

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22 In a Garden on high,

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22 In a lofty Paradise,

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23 The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.

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

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24 "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"

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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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25 And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!

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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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26 "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!

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

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27 "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!

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

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28 "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!

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28 "My wealth has not availed me;

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29 "My power has perished from me!"...

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

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30 (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,

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

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31 "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

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31 Then throw him in the blazing Fire.

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32 "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

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

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33 "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.

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

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34 "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!

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

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35 "So no friend hath he here this Day.

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35 So no friend has he here this Day,

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36 "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,

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

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37 "Which none do eat but those in sin."

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

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38 So I do call to witness what ye see,

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38 So I swear by whatsoever you see,

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39 And what ye see not,

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39 And by whatsoever you see not,

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40 That this is verily the word of an honoured 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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41 It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!

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

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42 Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.

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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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43 (This is) a Message sent down 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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44 And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

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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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45 We should certainly seize him by his 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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46 And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:

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

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47 Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).

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

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48 But verily this is a Message for the Allah - fearing.

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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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49 And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).

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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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50 But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.

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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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51 But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

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

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52 So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

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