بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
الْحَاقَّةُ
Al haaaqqah
The Inevitable Reality -
مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Mal haaaqqah
What is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ
Wa maaa adraaka mal haaaqqah
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Kazzabat samoodu wa 'Aadum bil qaari'ah
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِالطَّاغِيَةِ
Fa-ammaa Samoodu fauhlikoo bittaaghiyah
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ
Wa ammaa 'Aadun fa uhlikoo bireehin sarsarin 'aatiyah
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ 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 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 تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّن بَاقِيَةٍ
Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah
Then do you see of them any remains?
وَجَاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتُ بِالْخَاطِئَةِ
Wa jaaa'a Firawnu wa man qablahoo wal mu'tafikaatu bilhaati'ah
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
فَعَصَوْا رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً
Fa'ansaw Rasoola Rabbihim fa akhazahum akhzatar raabiyah
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].