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Sura 69 of the Quran
سورة الحاقة
Sūrat al-Ḥāqqa
The Reality
ClassificationMeccan
Other namesThe Inevitable, The Indubitable, The Laying-Bare of the Truth
PositionJuzʼ 29
No. of Rukus2
No. of verses52

Surat Al-Ḥāqqä (Arabic: سورة الحاقة) (The Reality) is the 69th sura of the Qur'an with 52 ayat.

Summary

The Sura tells the story of Thamud and 'Ad peoples, who were destroyed for their rejection of belief in Allah. Then it states that what Prophet Muhammad said was neither poetry nor "words of a soothsayer", but a direct revelation from Allah.