خَـٰشِعَةً Humbled khāshiʿatan their eyes abṣāruhum will cover them tarhaquhum humiliation dhillatun And indeed waqad they were kānū called yud'ʿawna to ilā prostrate l-sujūdi while they wahum (were) sound sālimūna
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.1
فَذَرْنِى So leave Me fadharnī and whoever waman denies yukadhibu this bihādhā Statement l-ḥadīthi We will progressively lead them sanastadrijuhum from min where ḥaythu not lā they know yaʿlamūna
So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.1
وَأُمْلِى And I will give respite wa-um'lī to them lahum Indeed inna My plan kaydī (is) firm matīnun
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
أَمْ Or am you ask them tasaluhum a payment ajran so they fahum from min (the) debt maghramin (are) burdened muth'qalūna
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أَمْ Or am (is) with them ʿindahumu the unseen l-ghaybu so they fahum write it yaktubūna
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
فَٱصْبِرْ So be patient fa-iṣ'bir for (the) decision liḥuk'mi (of) your Lord rabbika and (do) not walā be takun like (the) companion kaṣāḥibi (of) the fish l-ḥūti when idh he called out nādā while he wahuwa (was) distressed makẓūmun
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.
لَّوْلَآ If not lawlā that an overtook him tadārakahu a Favor niʿ'matun from min his Lord rabbihi surely he would have been thrown lanubidha onto (the) naked shore bil-ʿarāi while he wahuwa (was) blamed madhmūmun
If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.1
فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ But chose him fa-ij'tabāhu his Lord rabbuhu and made him fajaʿalahu of mina the righteous l-ṣāliḥīna
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
وَإِن And indeed wa-in would almost yakādu those who alladhīna disbelieve kafarū surely make you slip layuz'liqūnaka with their look bi-abṣārihim when lammā they hear samiʿū the Message l-dhik'ra and they say wayaqūlūna Indeed, he innahu (is) surely mad lamajnūnun
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
وَمَا And not wamā it (is) huwa but illā a Reminder dhik'run to the worlds lil'ʿālamīna
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.
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,1 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?