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