Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
فإذا برق البصر
But when sight is confounded
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
وخسف القمر
And the moon is eclipsed
And the moon will be eclipsed.
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And sun and moon are united,
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
كلا لا وزر
Alas! No refuge!
No! There is no refuge!
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
On that Day man will be of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Although he tender his excuses.
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an).
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel)], then follow its (the Qur'an's) recital.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Not [as you think, that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for your deeds], but you (men) love the present life of this world,
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
That day will faces be resplendent,
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking toward their Lord;
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And that day will other faces be despondent,
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
وقيل من ۜ راق
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
وظن أنه الفراق
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
والتفت الساق بالساق
And agony is heaped on agony;
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
فلا صدق ولا صلى
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
ولكن كذب وتولى
But he denied and flouted.
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Does man think that he will be left neglected (without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord Allah on him)?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).