Chapter 69
Surah Al-Ĥāqqah - سورة الحاقة
(The Inevitable)

Noble Qur'an Table of Content

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

69:1

to top

Transliteration

Alhaqqa

Sahih International

The Inevitable Reality -

Pickthall

The Reality!

Yusuf Ali

The Sure Reality!

69:2

to top

Transliteration

Ma alhaqqa

Sahih International

What is the Inevitable Reality?

Pickthall

What is the Reality?

Yusuf Ali

What is the Sure Reality?

69:3

to top

Transliteration

Wama adraka ma alhaqqa

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:4

to top

Transliteration

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bilqariAAa

Sahih International

Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:5

to top

Transliteration

Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bittaghiya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

Yusuf Ali

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

69:6

to top

Transliteration

Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehinsarsarin AAatiya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:7

to top

Transliteration

Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalinwathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fataraalqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazunakhlin khawiya

Sahih International

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.

Pickthall

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.

Yusuf Ali

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!

69:8

to top

Transliteration

Fahal tara lahum min baqiya

Sahih International

Then do you see of them any remains?

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

69:9

to top

Transliteration

Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu walmu/tafikatubilkhati-a

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

69:10

to top

Transliteration

FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahumakhthatan rabiya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.

69:11

to top

Transliteration

Inna lamma taghaalmao hamalnakum fee aljariya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:12

to top

Transliteration

LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratanwataAAiyaha othunun waAAiya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

69:13

to top

Transliteration

Fa-itha nufikha fee assoorinafkhatun wahida

Sahih International

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

Pickthall

And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

Yusuf Ali

Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

69:14

to top

Transliteration

Wahumilati al-ardu waljibalufadukkata dakkatan wahida

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:15

to top

Transliteration

Fayawma-ithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAa

Sahih International

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

Pickthall

Then, on that day will the Event befall.

Yusuf Ali

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

69:16

to top

Transliteration

Wanshaqqati assamaofahiya yawma-ithin wahiya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:17

to top

Transliteration

Walmalaku AAala arja-ihawayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-ithin thamaniya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:18

to top

Transliteration

Yawma-ithin tuAAradoona latakhfa minkum khafiya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.

69:19

to top

Transliteration

Faamma man ootiya kitabahubiyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!

69:20

to top

Transliteration

Innee thanantu annee mulaqinhisabiyah

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"

69:21

to top

Transliteration

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya

Sahih International

So he will be in a pleasant life -

Pickthall

Then he will be in blissful state

Yusuf Ali

And he will be in a life of Bliss,

69:22

to top

Transliteration

Fee jannatin AAaliya

Sahih International

In an elevated garden,

Pickthall

In a high garden

Yusuf Ali

In a Garden on high,

69:23

to top

Transliteration

Qutoofuha daniya

Sahih International

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

Pickthall

Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

Yusuf Ali

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

69:24

to top

Transliteration

Kuloo washraboo hanee-an bimaaslaftum fee al-ayyami alkhaliya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:25

to top

Transliteration

Waamma man ootiya kitabahubishimalihi fayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oota kitabiyah

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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!

69:26

to top

Transliteration

Walam adri ma hisabiyah

Sahih International

And had not known what is my account.

Pickthall

And knew not what my reckoning!

Yusuf Ali

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

69:27

to top

Transliteration

Ya laytaha kanati alqadiya

Sahih International

I wish my death had been the decisive one.

Pickthall

Oh, would that it had been death!

Yusuf Ali

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

69:28

to top

Transliteration

Ma aghna AAannee maliyah

Sahih International

My wealth has not availed me.

Pickthall

My wealth hath not availed me,

Yusuf Ali

"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!

69:29

to top

Transliteration

Halaka AAannee sultaniyah

Sahih International

Gone from me is my authority."

Pickthall

My power hath gone from me.

Yusuf Ali

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

69:30

to top

Transliteration

Khuthoohu faghullooh

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:31

to top

Transliteration

Thumma aljaheema sallooh

Sahih International

Then into Hellfire drive him.

Pickthall

And then expose him to hell-fire

Yusuf Ali

"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

69:32

to top

Transliteration

Thumma fee silsilatin tharAAuhasabAAoona thiraAAan faslukooh

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:33

to top

Transliteration

Innahu kana la yu/minu billahialAAatheem

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:34

to top

Transliteration

Wala yahuddu AAalataAAami almiskeen

Sahih International

Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

Pickthall

And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

Yusuf Ali

"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!

69:35

to top

Transliteration

Falaysa lahu alyawma hahuna hameem

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

Yusuf Ali

"So no friend hath he here this Day.

69:36

to top

Transliteration

Wala taAAamun illamin ghisleen

Sahih International

Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

Pickthall

Nor any food save filth

Yusuf Ali

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

69:37

to top

Transliteration

La ya/kuluhu illa alkhati-oon

Sahih International

None will eat it except the sinners.

Pickthall

Which none but sinners eat.

Yusuf Ali

"Which none do eat but those in sin."

69:38

to top

Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bima tubsiroon

Sahih International

So I swear by what you see

Pickthall

But nay! I swear by all that ye see

Yusuf Ali

So I do call to witness what ye see,

69:39

to top

Transliteration

Wama la tubsiroon

Sahih International

And what you do not see

Pickthall

And all that ye see not

Yusuf Ali

And what ye see not,

69:40

to top

Transliteration

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

Yusuf Ali

That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;

69:41

to top

Transliteration

Wama huwa biqawli shaAAirinqaleelan ma tu/minoon

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!

69:42

to top

Transliteration

Wala biqawli kahinin qaleelanma tathakkaroon

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:43

to top

Transliteration

Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameen

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

Yusuf Ali

(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.

69:44

to top

Transliteration

Walaw taqawwala AAalayna baAAdaal-aqaweel

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

Yusuf Ali

And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

69:45

to top

Transliteration

Laakhathna minhu bilyameen

Sahih International

We would have seized him by the right hand;

Pickthall

We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

Yusuf Ali

We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

69:46

to top

Transliteration

Thumma laqataAAna minhualwateen

Sahih International

Then We would have cut from him the aorta.

Pickthall

And then severed his life-artery,

Yusuf Ali

And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:

69:47

to top

Transliteration

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeen

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:48

to top

Transliteration

Wa-innahu latathkiratun lilmuttaqeen

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:49

to top

Transliteration

Wa-inna lanaAAlamu anna minkum mukaththibeen

Sahih International

And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:50

to top

Transliteration

Wa-innahu lahasratun AAala alkafireen

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

69:51

to top

Transliteration

Wa-innahu lahaqqu alyaqeen

Sahih International

And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

Pickthall

And lo! it is absolute truth.

Yusuf Ali

But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

69:52

to top

Transliteration

Fasabbih bismi rabbika alAAatheem

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.

Yusuf Ali

So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

Al-Qur'an 2:28

"How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned."

Al-Qur'an 3:102

"O ye who believe! Heed Allah as He deserves to be heeded, and die not except in a state of Islam [in submission to Him]."

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

"And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record. And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein that a specified term may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do."

Al-Qur'an 7:172

"And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware.""

Al-Qur'an 10:31

"Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, " Allah ," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?" "

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

"Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, " Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?" Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?" And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do."

Al-Qur'an 10:45

"And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided"

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

"And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure. And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers. And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor. And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]. And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing."

Al-Qur'an 16:61

"And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon the earth any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

“And man says, ‘When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?’ Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?”

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

"And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah , the best of creators. Then indeed, after that you are to die. Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.”

Al-Qur'an 23:32

"And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah ; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?""

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

"And indeed, you invite them to a straight path. But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path. And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly. And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]. Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair."

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

"And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful. And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered. And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason? Rather, they say like what the former peoples said. They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected? We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples." Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?" They will say, "To Allah ." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

"Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?" They will say, "[They belong] to Allah ." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?" Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?" They will say, "[All belongs] to Allah ." Say, "Then how are you deluded?" Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars. Allah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have sought to overcome others. Exalted is Allah above what they describe [concerning Him]. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him]."

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

"[For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back. That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected. So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another. And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally."

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

"[ Allah ] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?" They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate." He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known. Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?" So exalted is Allah , the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne."

Al-Qur'an 40:57

“The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.”

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

"It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason. He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is."

Al-Qur'an 41:39

“And among His Signs, that you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) to it, it is stirred to life and growth (of vegetations). Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is Able to give life to the dead (on the Day of Resurrection). Indeed He is Able to do all things.”

Al-Qur'an 44:38

“And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play."

Al-Qur'an 51:56

"And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

"Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?"

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

"O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous, Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?"

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

"Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? And at the sky - how it is raised? And at the mountains - how they are erected? And at the earth - how it is spread out? So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller."

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him."

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

(Al-Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 479)

Chapter 69 Surah Al-Ĥāqqah - سورة الحاقة (The Inevitable)

Al-Qur'an 2:28

Al-Qur'an 3:102

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

Al-Qur'an 7:172

Al-Qur'an 10:31

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

Al-Qur'an 10:45

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

Al-Qur'an 16:61

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

Al-Qur'an 23:32

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

Al-Qur'an 40:57

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

Al-Qur'an 41:39

Al-Qur'an 44:38

Al-Qur'an 51:56

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

Chapter 69
Surah Al-Ĥāqqah - سورة الحاقة
(The Inevitable)