Surah Al-Haqqah, Ayah 41-52 — Word by Word
الحاقة
The Reality
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wamā huwa biqawli shāʿirin qalīlan mā tu'minūna
And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
walā biqawli kāhinin qalīlan mā tadhakkarūna
Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
tanzīlun min rabbi l-ʿālamīna
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
walaw taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍa l-aqāwīli
And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
la-akhadhnā min'hu bil-yamīni
We would have seized him by the right hand;
thumma laqaṭaʿnā min'hu l-watīna
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīna
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
wa-innahu latadhkiratun lil'muttaqīna
And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.
wa-innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhibīna
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
wa-innahu laḥasratun ʿalā l-kāfirīna
And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
wa-innahu laḥaqqu l-yaqīni
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
fasabbiḥ bi-is'mi rabbika l-ʿaẓīmi
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.