Surah 69
Surah Al-Haqqah (The Reality)
الحاقة
Also written: Haqqah
Surah Al-Haqqah (الحاقة) is surah 69 of the 114 surahs of the Quran. It has 52 ayahs, was revealed in Mecca (Meccan), and its name means “The Reality”.
- Number
- 69
- Ayahs
- 52
- Revelation
- Meccan
- Meaning
- The Reality
Names, meaning and Meccan/Medinan classification as listed in the quran-json dataset.
About Surah Al-Haqqah
Al-Haqqah, “The Inevitable Reality”, is a Meccan surah that opens with three short, striking questions about the coming Day. It recalls nations destroyed for denying it, describes the blowing of the Horn and the splitting of the sky, contrasts the joy of those handed their record in the right hand with the despair of those given it in the left, and insists that the Quran is the word of God, not of a poet or soothsayer.
Structure
- Nations that denied (69:4–12): Thamud destroyed by a mighty blast; ’Ad by a howling wind that blew for seven nights and eight days, leaving them like hollow palm trunks; Pharaoh and the overturned cities; and the people of Noah, from whose flood the believers’ ancestors were carried in the ark.
- The Day itself (69:13–18): one blast on the Horn, the earth and mountains crushed in a single blow, the sky torn and frail, eight bearing the Throne, and nothing hidden.
- The right hand (69:19–24): a joyful person invites others to read his record, sure all along that he would meet his account; he is told to eat and drink for what he sent ahead.
- The left hand (69:25–37): another wishes he had never been given his record, that death had been the end, and laments that his wealth and power have gone. Two of his failings are named: he did not believe in God, the Most Great, and did not urge the feeding of the poor.
The Quran’s source
In 69:38–47, God swears by what people see and what they do not see that the Quran is the speech of a noble messenger — not the words of a poet or a soothsayer, but revelation from the Lord of the worlds — adding that had the Prophet invented anything, he would have been seized. The surah ends by calling the Quran the certain truth and commanding the glorification of God’s name (69:48–52).
A report in Musnad Ahmad links this surah with Umar ibn al-Khattab being moved towards Islam on hearing it, though scholars have questioned its chain.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Al-Haqqah mean?
- The Inevitable Reality: one of the Quran's names for the Day of Judgement, the event that will certainly come to pass.
- What does it mean to receive your book in the right hand?
- The surah describes it as a sign of success on the Day of Judgement; receiving it in the left hand is a sign of loss.
- How many verses are in Surah Al-Haqqah?
- 52.
- How many ayahs are in Surah Al-Haqqah?
- Surah Al-Haqqah has 52 ayahs. It is surah number 69 in the Quran and is Meccan.
- Can I read Surah Al-Haqqah in English or save it as a PDF?
- Yes. This page shows the Arabic text of every ayah with the Saheeh International English meaning under it. Use “Print / Save as PDF” for a clean printable copy that you can save as a PDF file from your browser.
- Is Surah Al-Haqqah the same as Surah Haqqah?
- Yes. Haqqah and Al-Haqqah are different English spellings of the same surah name, الحاقة.
Summaries describe the surah’s content and commonly cited reports for general readers; they are not a tafsir or a religious ruling.
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Surah Al-Haqqah in Arabic with English meaning
Arabic: Uthmani script from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia (quranenc.com), Uthmani script, via quran-json (CC-BY-SA 4.0), shown as in the verified dataset; open-tanween marks use the equivalent codepoints this font draws, as in the editor. English meaning: Saheeh International (tanzil.net). A translation conveys the meaning; it is not the Quran itself.
ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ١
69:1The Inevitable Reality
مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ٢
69:2What is the Inevitable Reality
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ٣
69:3And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ ٤
69:4Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥
69:5So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast]
وَأَمَّا عَادࣱ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحࣲ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةࣲ ٦
69:6And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالࣲ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومࣰاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةࣲ ٧
69:7Which Allah 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
فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةࣲ ٨
69:8Then do you see of them any remains
وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ٩
69:9And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin
فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةࣰ رَّابِيَةً ١٠
69:10And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity]
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ ١١
69:11Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةࣰ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنࣱ وَٰعِيَةࣱ ١٢
69:12That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةࣱ وَٰحِدَةࣱ ١٣
69:13Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ ١٤
69:14And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow
فَيَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١٥
69:15Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَاهِيَةࣱ ١٦
69:16And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm
وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ ثَمَٰنِيَةࣱ ١٧
69:17And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them]
يَوۡمَئِذࣲ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةࣱ ١٨
69:18That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ١٩
69:19So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ ٢٠
69:20Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ ٢١
69:21So he will be in a pleasant life
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةࣲ ٢٢
69:22In an elevated garden
قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةࣱ ٢٣
69:23Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near
كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ ٢٤
69:24[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the days past
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ٢٥
69:25But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ ٢٦
69:26And had not known what is my account
يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
69:27I wish my death had been the decisive one
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ ٢٨
69:28My wealth has not availed me
هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ ٢٩
69:29Gone from me is my authority
خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠
69:30[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him
ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١
69:31Then into Hellfire drive him
ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةࣲ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعࣰا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ٣٢
69:32Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٣٣
69:33Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great
وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣٤
69:34Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor
فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمࣱ ٣٥
69:35So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينࣲ ٣٦
69:36Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds
لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧
69:37None will eat it except the sinners
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٨
69:38So I swear by what you see
وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٩
69:39And what you do not see
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ ٤٠
69:40[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤١
69:41And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe
وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنࣲۚ قَلِيلࣰا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢
69:42Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember
تَنزِيلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣
69:43[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds
وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤
69:44And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings
لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ ٤٥
69:45We would have seized him by the right hand
ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ ٤٦
69:46Then We would have cut from him the aorta
فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ٤٧
69:47And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةࣱ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨
69:48And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous
وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩
69:49And indeed, We know that among you are deniers
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠
69:50And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥١
69:51And indeed, it is the truth of certainty
فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٥٢
69:52So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great