بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when the sight becomes dazed,
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon becomes dark,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Though he puts forth his excuses.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay! But you love the present life,
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking to their Lord.
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And affliction is combined with affliction;
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He able to give life to the dead?