الْحَاقَّةُ ١
The Sure Reality!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
69:2
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ ٢
What is the Sure Reality?
69:3
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ ٣
And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
69:4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ ٤
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!
69:5
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ ٥
But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!
69:6
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ٦
And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;
69:7
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ ٧
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
فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُمْ مِنْ بَاقِيَةٍ ٨
Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
69:9
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَنْ قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ ٩
And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.
69:10
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَابِيَةً ١٠
And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.
69:11
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى الْمَاءُ حَمَلْنَاكُمْ فِي الْجَارِيَةِ ١١
We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
69:12
لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَا أُذُنٌ وَاعِيَةٌ ١٢
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.