بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man would fain deny what is before him.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
But when sight is confounded
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is eclipsed
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
Alas! No refuge!
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Although he tender his excuses.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the Hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
That day will faces be resplendent,
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And that day will other faces be despondent,
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And agony is heaped on agony;
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But he denied and flouted.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then went he to his folk with glee.
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?