الـقـيامـة

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

1 I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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

2 And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

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

3 Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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

4 Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

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

5 But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

6 He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

7 At length, when the sight is dazed,

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

8 And the moon becomes dark,

8 And the moon is buried in darkness.

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

9 And the sun and moon are joined together, -

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

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

10 That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"

11 Kalla la wazara

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

11 By no means! No place of safety!

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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

12 Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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

13 That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

14 Nay, man will be evidence against himself,

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

15 Even though he were to put up his excuses.

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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

16 Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

17 It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

18 But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

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

19 Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

20 Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

21 And neglect the hereafter.

21 And leave alone the Hereafter.

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

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

22 Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

23 Looking to their Lord.

23 Looking towards their Lord;

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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

24 And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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

25 In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

26 Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),

27 Waqeela man raqin

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

27 And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

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

28 And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

29 And one leg will be joined with another:

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

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

30 That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

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

31 So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

32 But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

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

33 Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!

34 Awla laka faawla

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

34 Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

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

35 Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

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

36 Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

37 Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

38 Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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

39 And of him He made two sexes, male and female.

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

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

40 Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?