الـقـيامـة

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

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

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

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

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

7 So when vision is dazzled

8 And the moon becomes dark,

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

8 And the moon darkens

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

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

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

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

11 Kalla la wazara

11 No! There is no refuge.

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

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

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

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

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

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

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

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

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

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

20 No! But you love the immediate

21 And neglect the hereafter.

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

21 And leave the Hereafter.

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

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23 Looking to their Lord.

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

23 Looking at their Lord.

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

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

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

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

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

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

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

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

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

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

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

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

34 Awla laka faawla

34 Woe to you, and woe!

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

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

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

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

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

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

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

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

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

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?