How to memorize Surah Al-Haqqah

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Surah Al-Haqqah: Arabic text, transliteration and translation

1. 69:1

   ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

   Al haaaqqah

   The Inevitable Hour!

2. 69:2

   مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

   Mal haaaqqah

   What is the Inevitable Hour?

3. 69:3

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

   Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah

   And what will make you realize what the Inevitable Hour is?

4. 69:4

   كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

   Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah

   ˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.

5. 69:5

   فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

   Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah

   As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by an overwhelming blast.

6. 69:6

   وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

   Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah

   And as for ’Ȃd, they were destroyed by a furious, bitter wind

7. 69:7

   سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

   Sakhkharahaa 'alaihim sab'a la yaalinw wa samaaniyata ayyaamin husooman fataral qawma feehaa sar'aa ka annahum a'jaazu nakhlin khaawiyah

   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.

8. 69:8

   فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

   Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah

   Do you see any of them left alive?

9. 69:9

   وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

   Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah

   Also, Pharaoh and those before him, and ˹the people of˺ the overturned cities ˹of Lot˺ indulged in sin

10. 69:10

    فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

    Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah

    each disobeying their Lord’s messenger, so He seized them with a crushing grip.

11. 69:11

    إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

    Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah

    Indeed, when the floodwater had overflowed, We carried you in the floating Ark ˹with Noah˺

12. 69:12

    لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةً وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌ وَٰعِيَةٌ

    Linaj'alahaa lakum tazki ratanw-wa ta'iyahaa unzununw waa'iyah

    so that We may make this a reminder to you, and that attentive ears may grasp it.

13. 69:13

    فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    Fa izaa nufikha fis soori nafkhatunw waahidah

    At last, when the Trumpet will be blown with one blast

14. 69:14

    وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

    Wa humilatil ardu wal jibaalu fadukkataa dakkatanw waahidah

    and the earth and mountains will be lifted up and crushed with one blow

15. 69:15

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

    Fa yawma'izinw waqa'atil waaqi'ah

    on that Day the Inevitable Event will have come to pass.

16. 69:16

    وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

    Wanshaqqatis samaaa'u fahiya yawma 'izinw-waahiyah

    The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail

17. 69:17

    وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌ

    Wal malaku 'alaaa arjaaa'ihaa; wa yahmilu 'Arsha Rabbika fawqahum yawma'izin samaaniyah

    with the angels on its sides. On that Day eight ˹mighty angels˺ will bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

18. 69:18

    يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

    Yawma'izin tu'radoona laa takhfaa min kum khaafiyah

    You will then be presented ˹before Him for judgment˺, and none of your secrets will stay hidden.

19. 69:19

    فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

    Fa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo biyameenihee fa yaqoolu haaa'umuq ra'oo kitaabiyah

    As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!

20. 69:20

    إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

    Innee zannantu annee mulaaqin hisaabiyah

    I surely knew I would face my reckoning.”

21. 69:21

    فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

    Fahuwa fee 'eeshatir raadiyah

    They will be in a life of bliss

22. 69:22

    فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    Fee jannnatin 'aaliyah

    in an elevated Garden

23. 69:23

    قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

    Qutoofuhaa daaniyah

    whose fruit will hang within reach.

24. 69:24

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

    Kuloo washraboo haneee'am bimaaa aslaftum fil ayyaamil khaliyah

    ˹They will be told,˺ “Eat and drink joyfully for what you did in the days gone by.”

25. 69:25

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

    Wa ammaa man ootiya kitaabahoo bishimaalihee fa yaqoolu yaalaitanee lam oota kitaaabiyah

    And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record

26. 69:26

    وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

    Wa lam adri maa hisaabiyah

    nor known anything of my reckoning!

27. 69:27

    يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

    Yaa laitahaa kaanatil qaadiyah

    I wish death was the end!

28. 69:28

    مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

    Maaa aghnaa 'annee maaliyah

    My wealth has not benefited me!

29. 69:29

    هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

    Halaka 'annee sultaaniyah

    My authority has been stripped from me.”

30. 69:30

    خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

    Khuzoohu faghullooh

    ˹It will be said,˺ “Seize and shackle them

31. 69:31

    ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

    Summal Jaheema sallooh

    then burn them in Hell

32. 69:32

    ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

    Summa fee silsilatin zar'uhaa sab'oona ziraa'an faslukooh

    then tie them up with chains seventy arms long.

33. 69:33

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Innahoo kaana laa yu'minubillaahil 'Azeem

    For they never had faith in Allah, the Greatest

34. 69:34

    وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    wa laa yahuddu 'alaa ta'aamil miskeen

    nor encouraged the feeding of the poor.

35. 69:35

    فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

    Falaysa lahul yawma haahunaa hameem

    So this Day they will have no close friend here

36. 69:36

    وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

    Wa laa ta'aamun illaa min ghisleen

    nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus

37. 69:37

    لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

    Laa yaakuluhooo illal khati'oon

    which none will eat except the evildoers.”

38. 69:38

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    Falaaa uqsimu bimaa tubsiroon

    Now, I do swear by whatever you see

39. 69:39

    وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    Wa maa laa tubsiroon

    and whatever you cannot see!

40. 69:40

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

    Innahoo laqawlu Rasoolin kareem

    Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger.

41. 69:41

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

    Wa ma huwa biqawli shaa'ir; qaleelam maa tu'minoon

    It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.

42. 69:42

    وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Wa laa biqawli kaahin; qaleelam maa tazakkaroon

    Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.

43. 69:43

    تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    Tanzeelum mir rabbil 'aalameen

    ˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.

44. 69:44

    وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

    Wa law taqawwala 'alainaa ba'dal aqaaweel

    Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name

45. 69:45

    لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

    La-akhaznaa minhu bilyameen

    We would have certainly seized him by his right hand

46. 69:46

    ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

    Summa laqata'naa minhul wateen

    then severed his aorta

47. 69:47

    فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـٰجِزِينَ

    Famaa minkum min ahadin'anhu haajizeen

    and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!

48. 69:48

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

    Wa innahoo latazkiratul lilmuttaqeen

    Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺.

49. 69:49

    وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

    Wa inna lana'lamu anna minkum mukazzibeen

    And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial

50. 69:50

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

    Wa innahu lahasratun 'alal kaafireen

    and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.

51. 69:51

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

    Wa innahoo lahaqqul yaqeen

    And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth.

52. 69:52

    فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    Fasbbih bismi Rabbikal 'Azeem

    So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.

Sources

• Translation: Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran.
• Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy, via mp3quran.net.
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