Quran Chapters

Chapter 69: Al-Haqqa – 52 Verses

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

69:1

The Inevitable Reality –
Meaning:-
Inevitable: certain to happen; unavoidable.

69:2

What is the Inevitable Reality?
Meaning:-
Inevitable: certain to happen; unavoidable.

69:3

And what will make you know what the Inevitable Reality is?
Meaning:-
Inevitable: certain to happen; unavoidable.

69:4

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

69:5

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

69:6

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

69:7

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!

69:8

Now, do you see any of them alive?

69:9

And Fir’aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lout (Lot)] committed sin,

69:10

And they disobeyed their Lord’s Messenger, so He punished them with a strong punishment.

69:11

Just consider the great flood of Noah, when the water rose high, We carried you (O mankind) in the floating Ark,

69:12

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

69:13

Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one),

69:14

and the earth with all its mountains will be lifted up and crushed into pieces with a single stroke

69:15

Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

69:16

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
Meaning:-
Infirm: weak; irresolute. (irresolute meaning: showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain)

69:17

The angels will stand all around and eight of them will be carrying the Throne of your Lord above them.

69:18

That shall be the day when you will be brought before your Lord, and none of your secrets shall remain hidden.

69:19

Then he, who will be given his Book of Deeds in his right hand, will say: “Here it is, read my Book of deeds!”

69:20

“Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!”

69:21

So he will have a life of pleasure,

69:22

In a high garden

69:23

Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

69:24

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

69:25

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

69:26

“And that I had never known, how my Account is?

69:27

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

69:28

My wealth had availed me nothing,

69:29

and my authority has gone away from me.”

69:30

We shall say: “Seize him and put a chain around his neck,

69:31

And then drive him to hell-fire

69:32

then fasten him with a chain seventy cubits long.

69:33

For he did not believe in Allah, the Most High,

69:34

nor did he care to feed the poor.

69:35

Therefore he has not here today a true friend,

69:36

nor any food except the pus from the washing of wounds,

69:37

None will eat it except the sinners.

69:38

So I swear by what you see

69:39

and all that you cannot see,

69:40

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

69:41

is it not the word of a poet – little is it that you believe,

69:42

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller), little is that you remember
Meaning:-
Soothsayer: fortune teller, a person supposed to be able to foresee the future.

69:43

This is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

69:44

Had he (Muhammad) invented false statement concerning Us,

69:45

We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),

69:46

And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
Meaning:-
Artery: A vessel that carries blood high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body.

69:47

and none of you could prevent it!

69:48

Surely this Qur’an is a reminder to the Godfearing.

69:49

We know that there are some among you who deny it,

69:50

And indeed it (this Quran) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).
Meaning:-
Anguish: severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

69:51

And Verily, it (this Quran) is an absolute truth with certainty.

69:52

So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.