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Abul Ala Maududi

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69 Al-Ĥāqqah ٱلْحَاقَّة

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
69:1 ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
69:1
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
The indubitable event!
69:2 مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
69:2
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
And what is that indubitable event?
69:3 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
69:3
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
And what do you know what that indubitable event is?
69:4 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
69:4
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
The Thamud and the Ad denied the (possibility of a) sudden calamity, calling it false.
69:5 فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
69:5
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Then the Thamud were destroyed by an awesome upheaval;
69:6 وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
69:6
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and the Ad were destroyed by a furiously raging wind-storm
69:7 سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
69:7
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
which He let loose upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession; so that (if you had been there) you might have seen people lying prostrate, as though they were uprooted trunks of hollowed palm trees.
69:8 فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ
69:8
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Do you now see any trace of them?
69:9 وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ
69:9
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Pharaoh and those before him and the people of the overturned habitations all engaged in the same great sin.
69:10 فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
69:10
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
They did not follow the Messenger of their Lord, and so He seized them with a severe grip.
69:11 إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ
69:11
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Verily when the water rose to great heights, We bore you upon a floating vessel (i.e. the Ark)
69:12 لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ
69:12
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
so that We might make it an instructive event for you, and retentive ears might preserve its memory.
69:13 فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ
69:13
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast
69:14 وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً
69:14
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and the earth and the mountains are carried aloft and are crushed to bits at one stroke,
69:15 فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
69:15
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
on that Day shall that indubitable event come to pass;
69:16 وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
69:16
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
when the sky will be rent asunder, the grip holding it together having loosened on that Day,
69:17 وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ
69:17
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and the angels will stand on the sides, with eight of them bearing aloft the Throne of your Lord on that Day.
69:18 يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ
69:18
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
That will be the Day when you shall be brought forth (before Allah) and no secret of yours shall remain hidden.
69:19 فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ
69:19
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
On that Day, he whose Record is given to him in his right hand will say: “Lo! Read my Record!
69:20 إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ
69:20
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Verily I was sure that I would be handed over my account.”
69:21 فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
69:21
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Then he shall find himself in a life of bliss;
69:22 فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
69:22
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
in a lofty Garden
69:23 قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ
69:23
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
the clusters of whose fruit will be hanging low to be within reach (of the inmates of Paradise).
69:24 كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
69:24
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
(They will be told): “Eat and drink with good cheer as a reward for the good deeds you did in the days that have passed by.”
69:25 وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ
69:25
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
As for him whose Record will be given to him in his left hand, he will exclaim: “Would that I had never been given my Record,
69:26 وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ
69:26
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and had not known my account.
69:27 يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ
69:27
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Oh! Would that the death that came to me in the world had made an end of me!
69:28 مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ
69:28
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
My riches have not availed me,
69:29 هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ
69:29
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and my authority has vanished.”
69:30 خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ
69:30
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
(A command will be issued): “Seize him and shackle him,
69:31 ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ
69:31
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
then cast him in the Fire,
69:32 ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ
69:32
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
then fasten him with a chain, seventy cubits long.
69:33 إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
69:33
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
He would not believe in Allah, the Most Great;
69:34 وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
69:34
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
nor would he urge the feeding of the poor.
69:35 فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ
69:35
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Today he has been left here friendless;
69:36 وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ
69:36
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and has no food except the filth from the washing of wounds,
69:37 لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ
69:37
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
which only the sinners will eat.”
69:38 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ
69:38
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
But no; I swear by what you see,
69:39 وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
69:39
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by what you do not see,
69:40 إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
69:40
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
that this is the speech of an honourable Messenger,
69:41 وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ
69:41
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
not the speech of a poet. Little do you believe!
69:42 وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ
69:42
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Nor is this the speech of a soothsayer. Little do you reflect!
69:43 تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
69:43
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
It has been revealed by the Lord of the Universe.
69:44 وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ
69:44
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
And if he [i.e., the Prophets] had forged this Discourse and thereafter ascribed it to Us,
69:45 لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ
69:45
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
We would surely have seized him by the right hand,
69:46 ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ
69:46
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and then severed his life vein;
69:47 فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ
69:47
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and not one of you would have been able to withhold Us from doing so.
69:48 وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
69:48
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Surely it is a Good Counsel for the God-fearing.
69:49 وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ
69:49
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
We certainly know that some among you will give the lie to it,
69:50 وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
69:50
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and surely it will be a cause of regret for the unbelievers.
69:51 وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
69:51
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Certainly it is a Truth of absolute certainty.
69:52 فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
69:52
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
So glorify the name of your Lord Most Great.