الحاقة

Introduction to the Inevitable Hour 1–3

Ayah 1

The Inevitable Reality -

Ayah 2

What is the Inevitable Reality?

Ayah 3

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

The Destruction of Thamud and Ad 4–8

Ayah 4

Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

Ayah 5

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

Ayah 6

And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

Ayah 7

Which He [i.e., Allāh] 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.

Ayah 8

Then do you see of them any remains?

Pharaoh and the Overturned Cities 9–12

Ayah 9

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

Ayah 10

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

Ayah 11

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship

Ayah 12

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

Cosmic Upheaval on the Last Day 13–18

Ayah 13

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

Ayah 14

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -

Ayah 15

Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,

Ayah 16

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

Ayah 17

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

Ayah 18

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

The Joy of the Saved 19–24

Ayah 19

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

Ayah 20

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

Ayah 21

So he will be in a pleasant life -

Ayah 22

In an elevated garden,

Ayah 23

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

Ayah 24

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

The Regret of the Doomed 25–29

Ayah 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

Ayah 26

And had not known what is my account.

Ayah 27

I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.

Ayah 28

My wealth has not availed me.

Ayah 29

Gone from me is my authority."

Punishment of the Uncharitable Denier 30–37

Ayah 30

[Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

Ayah 31

Then into Hellfire drive him.

Ayah 32

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

Ayah 33

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

Ayah 34

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

Ayah 35

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

Ayah 36

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

Ayah 37

None will eat it except the sinners.

The Quran's Divine Origin 38–43

Ayah 38

So I swear by what you see

Ayah 39

And what you do not see

Ayah 40

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.

Ayah 41

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

Ayah 42

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

Ayah 43

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

The Prophet's Faithfulness to Revelation 44–47

Ayah 44

And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

Ayah 45

We would have seized him by the right hand;

Ayah 46

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

Ayah 47

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

The Quran's Certainty and Its Deniers 48–52

Ayah 48

And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.

Ayah 49

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

Ayah 50

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

Ayah 51

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

Ayah 52

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