069- AL-HAQQAH
THE UNDENIABLE REALITY
A late Makkan sūrah, al-Ḥāqqah is generally believed to have been revealed shortly after Sūrah 67, al-Mulk. It takes its name from the mention of the Undeniable Reality in the first three verses, a descriptive name for the Day of Judgment. This sūrah can be seen as connected to the previous sūrah both because the later verses provide a more complete response to the charge that the Prophet was possessed (68:2, 51) and because it provides a more complete description of the Day of Resurrection and Judgment, to which allusion is made throughout the previous sūrah.
The sūrah begins with a warning to avoid the fate of those who had denied religion before, using both Arabian tribes and Old Testament references as examples (vv. 1–12). The next section (vv. 13–17) describes some aspects of the Day of Judgment, followed by a contrast between those who receive the book of their deeds in the right hand and those who receive it in the left hand (vv. 18–37). As often happens in the Quran, this contrast between those who are believed to be destined for Heaven and those who are believed to be destined for Hell is followed by a reaffirmation of the revealed nature of the Quran (vv. 38–52).
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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