Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man desires to continue in sin.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
So when vision is dazzled
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon darkens
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
No! But you love the immediate
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
Looking at their Lord.
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
ولكن كذب وتولى
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Then woe to you, and woe!
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?