Surah Al Haqqah   The Inevitable Hour - Lessons from the Quran with Hadith / Tafseer.
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Date: 2022-11-26

Surah Al Haqqah   The Inevitable Hour
Al-Ḥāqqah (Arabic: الحاقة) is the 69th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 52 verses (āyāt). There are several English names under which the surah is known. These include “The Inevitable Hour”, “The Indubitable”, “The Inevitable Truth”, and “The Reality”. These titles are derived from alternate translations of al-Ḥāqqa, the word that appears in the first three ayat of the sura, each alluding to the main theme of the sura – the Day of Judgment.

Al-Ḥāqqa is a Meccan sura,[1] meaning it was revealed to Muhammad while he lived in Mecca rather than in Medina. Meccan suras divided into early, middle, and late periods. Theodor Nöldeke, in his chronology of suras, places the sura to be revealed in the early Meccan period.

The Surah tells about the destiny of Thamud, ʿĀd, Pharaoh, other toppled towns, the flood that came in the hour of Prophet Noah. It discusses the prize of the steadfast and the punishment of the disbelievers. At last, it reminds the individuals that this message is not the verse of a poet or something made up by the Prophet himself, it is the revelation of the Lord of the universes
1-3 The judgment of God will infallibly come
4-10 Ád, Thamúd, and Pharaoh destroyed for rejecting their prophets
11-16 As the flood came, so shall the judgment certainly come
17 On the judgment-day God's throne shall be borne by eight mighty angels
18-29 The good and bad shall receive their account-books and be judged according to their deeds
30-37 Infidels shall be bound with chains seventy cubits in length and be cast into hell-fire
38-39 With terrible oaths Muhammad asserts the truth of his prophetic claims