Al-Ĥāqqah
The Reality
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الحاقة
مَا What mā (is) the Inevitable Reality l-ḥāqatu
What is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَآ And what wamā will make you know adrāka what mā (is) the Inevitable Reality l-ḥāqatu
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
كَذَّبَتْ Denied kadhabat Thamud thamūdu and Aad waʿādun the Striking Calamity bil-qāriʿati
Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].
فَأَمَّا So as for fa-ammā Thamud thamūdu they were destroyed fa-uh'likū by the overpowering (blast) bil-ṭāghiyati
So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
وَأَمَّا And as for wa-ammā Aad ʿādun they were destroyed fa-uh'likū by a wind birīḥin screaming ṣarṣarin violent ʿātiyatin
And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
سَخَّرَهَا Which He imposed sakharahā upon them ʿalayhim (for) seven sabʿa nights layālin and eight wathamāniyata days ayyāmin (in) succession ḥusūman so you would see fatarā the people l-qawma therein fīhā fallen ṣarʿā as if they were ka-annahum trunks aʿjāzu (of) date-palms nakhlin hollow khāwiyatin
Which He [i.e., Allāh] imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
فَهَلْ Then do fahal you see tarā of them lahum any min remains bāqiyatin
Then do you see of them any remains?
وَجَآءَ And came wajāa Firaun fir'ʿawnu and (those) waman before him qablahu and the overturned cities wal-mu'tafikātu with sin bil-khāṭi-ati
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
فَعَصَوْا۟ And they disobeyed faʿaṣaw (the) Messenger rasūla (of) their Lord rabbihim so He seized them fa-akhadhahum (with) a seizure akhdhatan exceeding rābiyatan
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].
إِنَّا Indeed, We innā when lammā overflowed ṭaghā the water l-māu We carried you ḥamalnākum in fī the sailing (ship) l-jāriyati
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship
لِنَجْعَلَهَا That We might make it linajʿalahā for you lakum a reminder tadhkiratan and would be conscious of it wataʿiyahā an ear udhunun conscious wāʿiyatun
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.