ﱁHumbledﱂtheir eyesﱃwill cover themﱄﱅhumiliationﱆAnd indeedﱇthey wereﱈcalledﱉtoﱊprostrateﱋwhile theyﱌ(were) soundﱍ
with eyes downcast, totally covered with disgrace. For they were ˹always˺ called to prostrate ˹in the world˺ when they were fully capable ˹but they chose not to˺.
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ﱎSo leave Meﱏand whoeverﱐdeniesﱑthisﱒﱓStatementﱔWe will progressively lead themﱕfromﱖwhereﱗnotﱘthey knowﱙ
So leave to Me ˹O Prophet˺ those who reject this message. We will gradually draw them to destruction in ways they cannot comprehend.
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ﱚAnd I will give respiteﱛﱜto themﱝIndeedﱞMy planﱟ(is) firmﱠ
I ˹only˺ delay their end for a while, but My planning is flawless.
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ﱡOrﱢyou ask themﱣa paymentﱤso theyﱥfromﱦ(the) debtﱧ(are) burdenedﱨ
Or are you asking them for a reward ˹for the message˺ so that they are overburdened by debt?
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ﱩOrﱪ(is) with themﱫthe unseenﱬso theyﱭwrite itﱮ
Or do they have access to ˹the Record in˺ the unseen, so they copy it ˹for all to see˺?
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ﱯSo be patientﱰfor (the) decisionﱱ(of) your Lordﱲand (do) notﱳbeﱴlike (the) companionﱵ(of) the fishﱶwhenﱷhe called outﱸwhile heﱹ(was) distressedﱺ
So be patient with your Lord’s decree, and do not be like ˹Jonah,˺ the Man of the Whale, who cried out ˹to Allah˺, in total distress.
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ﱻIf notﱼthatﱽovertook himﱾa Favorﱿfromﲀhis Lordﲁsurely he would have been thrownﲂonto (the) naked shoreﲃwhile heﲄ(was) blamedﲅ
Had he not been shown grace by his Lord, he would have certainly been cast onto the open ˹shore˺, still blameworthy.
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ﲆBut chose himﲇhis Lordﲈand made himﲉofﲊthe righteousﲋ
Then his Lord chose him, making him one of the righteous.
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ﲌAnd indeedﲍwould almostﲎthose whoﲏdisbelieveﲐsurely make you slipﲑwith their lookﲒwhenﲓthey hearﲔthe Messageﲕand they sayﲖIndeed, heﲗ(is) surely madﲘ
The disbelievers would almost cut you down with their eyes when they hear ˹you recite˺ the Reminder, and say, “He is certainly a madman.”
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ﲙAnd notﲚit (is)ﲛbutﲜa Reminderﲝto the worldsﲞ
But it is simply a reminder to the whole world.
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Al-Haqqah
The Reality
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
ﲟThe Inevitable Realityﲠ
The Inevitable Hour!
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ﲡWhatﲢ(is) the Inevitable Realityﲣ
What is the Inevitable Hour?
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ﲤAnd whatﲥwill make you knowﲦwhatﲧ(is) the Inevitable Realityﲨ
And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?
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ﲩDeniedﲪThamudﲫand Aadﲬthe Striking Calamityﲭ
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.
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ﲮSo as forﲯThamudﲰthey were destroyedﲱby the overpowering (blast)ﲲ
As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.
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ﲳAnd as forﲴAadﲵthey were destroyedﲶby a windﲷscreamingﲸviolentﲹ
And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind
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ﲺWhich He imposedﲻupon themﲼ(for) sevenﲽnightsﲾand eightﲿdaysﳀﳁ(in) successionﳂso you would seeﳃthe peopleﳄthereinﳅfallenﳆas if they wereﳇtrunksﳈ(of) date-palmsﳉhollowﳊ
which Allah unleashed on them non-stop for seven nights and eight days, so that you would have seen its people lying dead like trunks of uprooted palm trees.
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ﳋThen doﳌyou seeﳍof themﳎanyﳏremainsﳐ
Do you see any of them left alive?
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