الـقـيامـة

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

1 I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

2 And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).

2 Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

3 Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?

3 Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

4 Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.

4 Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

5 But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.

5 Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

6 He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

7 But when sight is confounded

7 At length, when the sight is dazed,

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 And the moon is buried in darkness.

8 And the moon becomes dark,

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 And the sun and moon are joined together, -

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

10 That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"

10 Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

11 Alas! No refuge!

11 By no means! No place of safety!

11 By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

12 Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.

12 With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

13 That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.

13 Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

14 Nay, man will be evidence against himself,

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Even though he were to put up his excuses.

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

16 Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.

16 Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

17 It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:

17 Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

18 But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):

18 Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

19 Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):

19 Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And leave alone the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the hereafter.

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

22 Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -

22 (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Looking towards their Lord;

23 Looking to their Lord.

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

24 And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,

24 And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

25 In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;

25 Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

26 Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

27 And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"

27 And it is said: Who will be a magician?

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

28 And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;

28 And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 And one leg will be joined with another:

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

30 That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!

30 To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

31 So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -

31 So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

33 Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!

33 Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

35 Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

35 Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

36 Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?

36 Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

37 Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?

37 Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

38 Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.

38 Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

39 And of him He made two sexes, male and female.

39 Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?

40 Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?

40 Is not He able to give life to the dead?