الـقـيامـة

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

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

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

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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

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

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

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

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

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

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

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

7 So when vision is dazzled

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

8 And the moon becomes dark,

8 And the moon darkens

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

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

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

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

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

11 No! There is no refuge.

11 Kalla la wazara

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

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

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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

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

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

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

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

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

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

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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

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

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

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

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

20 No! But you love the immediate

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

21 And neglect the hereafter.

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

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

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

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

23 Looking to their Lord.

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

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

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

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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

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

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

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

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

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

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

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

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

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

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

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

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

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

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

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

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

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

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Awla laka faawla

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

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

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

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

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

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

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

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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

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

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta