Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
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 cannot assemble 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
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
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 wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
But man desires to continue in sin.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
At length, when the sight is dazed,
So when vision is dazzled
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the moon darkens
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
And the sun and the moon are joined,
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
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!
By no means! No place of safety!
No! There is no refuge.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will 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.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even though he were to put up 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 thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
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.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate 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.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
No! But you love the immediate
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
Looking towards 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 sad and dismal,
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.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) 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 one leg will be joined with another:
And the leg is wound about the leg,
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
So he gave nothing in charity, 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 on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
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 uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
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,
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
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 did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
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 of him He made two sexes, male and 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?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?