Al-Haqqa l 52 verses l The Inevitable
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The Inevitable (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)! |
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What is the Inevitable? |
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And what will make you know what the Inevitable is? |
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Thamud and ‘Ad people denied the Qari’ah (the striking Hour of Judgement)! |
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As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the awful cry! |
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And as for ‘Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind! |
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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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Do you see any remnants of them? |
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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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And they disobeyed their Lord’s Messenger, so He seized them with a strong punishment. |
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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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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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Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one). |
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And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing. |
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Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall. |
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And the heaven will be rent asunder, for that Day it (the heaven) will be frail and torn up. |
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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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That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden. |
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Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: “Here! read my Record! |
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“Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!” |
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So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing. |
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In a lofty Paradise, |
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The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand. |
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Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past! |
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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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“And that I had never known how my Account is! |
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“Would that it had been my end (death)! |
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“My wealth has not availed me; |
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“My power (and arguments to defend myself) have gone from me!” |
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(It will be said): “Seize him and fetter him; |
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Then throw him in the blazing Fire. |
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“Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!” |
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Verily, he used not to believe in Allah, the Most Great, |
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And urged not on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor). |
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So no friend has he here this Day, |
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Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds. |
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None will eat it except the Khati’un (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists). |
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So I swear by whatsoever you see, |
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And by whatsoever you see not, |
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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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It is not the word of a poet: little is that you believe! |
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Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller): little is that you remember! |
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This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists). |
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And if he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah جل جلاله), |
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We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might), |
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And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta), |
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And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him. |
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And verily, this (Qur’an) is a Reminder for the Muttaqun (the pious. See V.2:2). |
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And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur’an). (Tafsir At-Tabari) |
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And indeed it (this Qur’an) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection). |
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And verily, it (this Qur’an) is an absolute truth with certainty. |
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So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great. |