Section 1: Verses 1–37
Thematic progression across verses 1–37
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ 1
Al haaaqqah
The Reality
مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ 2
Mal haaaqqah
What is the Reality
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ 3
Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah
What will make you understand what the Reality is
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ 4
Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah
Thamood and Aad denied the Catastrophe
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ 5
Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah
As for Thamood, they were annihilated by the Overwhelming
وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةࣲ 6
Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah
And as for Aad; they were annihilated by a furious, roaring wind
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالࣲ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومࣰ اۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةࣲ 7
Sakhkharahaa 'alaihim sab'a la yaalinw wa samaaniyata ayyaamin husooman fataral qawma feehaa sar'aa ka annahum a'jaazu nakhlin khaawiyah
He unleashed it upon them for seven nights and eight days, in succession. You could see the people tossed around, as though they were stumps of hollow palm-trees
فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةࣲ 8
Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah
Can you see any remnant of them
وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ 9
Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah
Then Pharaoh came, and those before him, and the Overturned Cities steeped in sin
فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِيَةً 10
Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah
But they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an overpowering grip
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ 11
Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah
When the waters overflowed, We carried you in the cruising ship
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنࣱ وَٰعِيَةࣱ 12
Linaj'alahaa lakum tazki ratanw-wa ta'iyahaa unzununw waa'iyah
To make it a lesson for you—so that retaining ears may retain it
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ 13
Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah
Then, when the Trumpet is sounded a single time
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ 14
Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah
And the earth and the mountains are lifted up, and crushed, with a single crush
فَيَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ 15
Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah
On that Day, the Event will come to pass
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاهِيَةࣱ 16
Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah
And the heaven will crack; so on that Day it will be frail
وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ ثَمَٰنِيَةࣱ 17
Wal malaku 'alaaa arjaaa'ihaa; wa yahmilu 'Arsha Rabbika fawqahum yawma'izin samaaniyah
And the angels will be ranged around its borders, while eight will be carrying the Throne of your Lord above them that Day
يَوۡمَئِذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةࣱ 18
Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah
On that Day you will be exposed, and no secret of yours will remain hidden
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ 19
Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenihee fa yaqoolu haaa'umuq ra'oo kitaabiyah
As for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say, “Here, take my book and read it
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ 20
Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah
I knew I would be held accountable.”
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ 21
Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah
So he will be in pleasant living
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ 22
Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah
In a lofty Garden
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةࣱ 23
Qutoofuhaa daaniyah
Its pickings are within reach
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ 24
Kuloo washraboo haneee'am bimaaa aslaftum fil ayyaamil khaliyah
“Eat and drink merrily for what you did in the days gone by.”
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ 25
Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah
But as for him who is given his book in his left hand, he will say, “I wish I was never given my book
وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ 26
Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah
And never knew what my account was
يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ 27
Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah
If only it was the end
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ 28
Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah
My money cannot avail me
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ 29
Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah
My power has vanished from me.”
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ 30
Khuzoohu faghullooh
“Take him and shackle him
ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ 31
Summal Jaheema sallooh
Then scorch him in the Blaze
ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰ ا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ 32
Summa fee silsilatin zar'uhaa sab'oona ziraa'an faslukooh
Then in a chain which length is seventy cubits tie him up
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ 33
Innahoo kaana laa yu'minubillaahil 'Azeem
For he would not believe in God the Great
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ 34
wa laa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aamil miskeen
Nor would he advocate the feeding of the destitute
فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمࣱ 35
Falaysa lahul yawma haahunaa hameem
So he has no friend here today
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينࣲ 36
Wa laa ta'aamun illaa min ghisleen
And no food except scum
لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ 37
Laa yaakuluhooo illal khati'oon
Which only the sinners eat.”
Section 2: Verses 38–52
Thematic progression across verses 38–52
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ 38
Falaaa uqsimu bimaa tubsiroon
Indeed, I swear by what you see
وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ 39
Wa maa laa tubsiroon
And by what you do not see
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ 40
Innahoo laqawlu Rasoolin kareem
It is the speech of a noble messenger
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ 41
Wa ma huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelam maa tu'minoon
And it is not the speech of a poet—little do you believe
وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰ ا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ 42
Wa laa biqawli kaahin; qaleelam maa tazakkaroon
Nor is it the speech of a soothsayer—little do you take heed
تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 43
Tanzeelum mir rabbil 'aalameen
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds
وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ 44
Wa law taqawwala 'alainaa ba'dal aqaaweel
Had he falsely attributed some statements to Us
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ 45
La-akhaznaa minhu bilyameen
We would have seized him by the right arm
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ 46
Summa laqata'naa minhul wateen
Then slashed his lifeline
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ 47
Famaa minkum min ahadin'anhu haajizeen
And none of you could have restrained Us from him
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ 48
Wa innahoo latazkiratul lilmuttaqeen
Surely, it is a message for the righteous
وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ 49
Wa inna lana'lamu anna minkum mukazzibeen
And We know that some of you will reject it
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ 50
Wa innahu lahasratun 'alal kaafireen
And it is surely a source of grief for the unbelievers
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ 51
Wa innahoo lahaqqul yaqeen
Yet it is the absolute truth
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ 52
Fasbbih bismi Rabbikal 'Azeem
So glorify the name of your Lord, the Magnificent
Quran-Anchored Prophetic Context
Authentic narrations in the active corpus that explicitly cite, name, or explain verses in Surah Al-Haaqqa.
Chapter 108 | Enlightening Points Deduced from the Holy Quran about Leadership with Divine Authority)
56ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ وَتَعِيَها أُذُنٌ واعِيَةٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ هِيَ أُذُنُكَ يَا عَلِيُّ.
56. Ahmad ibn Mihran has narrated from ‘Abd al-‘Azim al-Hassani from ‘Abdallah from Yahya ibn Salim from abu ‘Abdallah who has said the following “When this, “but only attentive ears will retain it” (69:12) the Messenger of Allah said, “They are your ears, O Ali.”