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The Inevitable Reality -

Al haaaqqah

What is the Inevitable Reality?

Mal haaaqqah

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

Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah

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

Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah

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

Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah

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.

Sakhkharahaa 'alaihim sab'a la yaalinw wa samaaniyata ayyaamin husooman fataral qawma feehaa sar'aa ka annahum a'jaazu nakhlin khaawiyah

Then do you see of them any remains?

Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah

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

Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah

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

Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah

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

Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah

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

Linaj'alahaa lakum tazki ratanw-wa ta'iyahaa unzununw waa'iyah

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah

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

Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah

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

Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah

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

Wal malaku 'alaaa arjaaa'ihaa; wa yahmilu 'Arsha Rabbika fawqahum yawma'izin samaaniyah

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

Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah

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

Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenihee fa yaqoolu haaa'umuq ra'oo kitaabiyah

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

Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah

So he will be in a pleasant life -

Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah

In an elevated garden,

Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

Qutoofuhaa daaniyah

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

Kuloo washraboo haneee'am bimaaa aslaftum fil ayyaamil khaliyah

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

Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah

And had not known what is my account.

Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah

I wish my death had been the decisive one.

Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah

My wealth has not availed me.

Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah

Gone from me is my authority."

Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah

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

Khuzoohu faghullooh

Then into Hellfire drive him.

Summal Jaheema sallooh

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

Summa fee silsilatin zar'uhaa sab'oona ziraa'an faslukooh

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

Innahoo kaana laa yu'minubillaahil 'Azeem

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

wa laa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aamil miskeen

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

Falaysa lahul yawma haahunaa hameem

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

Wa laa ta'aamun illaa min ghisleen

None will eat it except the sinners.

Laa yaakuluhooo illal khati'oon

So I swear by what you see

Falaaa uqsimu bimaa tubsiroon

And what you do not see

Wa maa laa tubsiroon

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

Innahoo laqawlu Rasoolin kareem

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

Wa ma huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelam maa tu'minoon

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

Wa laa biqawli kaahin; qaleelam maa tazakkaroon

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

Tanzeelum mir rabbil 'aalameen

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

Wa law taqawwala 'alainaa ba'dal aqaaweel

We would have seized him by the right hand;

La-akhaznaa minhu bilyameen

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

Summa laqata'naa minhul wateen

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

Famaa minkum min ahadin'anhu haajizeen

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

Wa innahoo latazkiratul lilmuttaqeen

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

Wa inna lana'lamu anna minkum mukazzibeen

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

Wa innahu lahasratun 'alal kaafireen

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

Wa innahoo lahaqqul yaqeen

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

Fasbbih bismi Rabbikal 'Azeem