Al-Ḥāqqah () 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, 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. Summary 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 1-3 The day of resurrection The first passage of the surah contains three ayaat. These 3 ayaat portray the day of resurrection and the day of judgement and emphasize that The judgment of God will infallibly come. "Haaqqa", referring to the Quranic view of the end time and eschatology. "Haaqqa" has been translated to Reality, Inevitable Hour, laying-bare of the truth, etc. According to Ibn Kathir, a traditionalistic exegete, Al-Haaqqa is one of the names of the Day of Judgement, like Al-Qaria, At-Tammah, As-Sakhkhah and others. Rhetorically Al-Haaqqa has 2 similarities with Al-Qaria(101). Firstly the opening of the surah resembles Al-Qaria(101) which opens with the wordings 69:1 الْحَاقَّةُ 69:2 مَا الْحَاقَّةُ 69:3 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ Notice that Al-Qaria opens in exactly same