بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
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 self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon will be eclipsed.
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
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
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
No! There is no refuge!
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
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
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
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
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
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
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
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.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the Hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
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 called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
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 he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
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 small seed in the seminal elements,
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).