بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
But man desires to continue in sin.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
فإذا برق البصر
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
So when vision is dazzled
وخسف القمر
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the moon darkens
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
And the sun and the moon are joined,
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
On that Day man will be of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Even if he presents his excuses.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an).
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel)], then follow its (the Qur'an's) recital.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Not [as you think, that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for your deeds], but you (men) love the present life of this world,
No! But you love the immediate
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
Looking at their Lord.
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وظن أنه الفراق
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
والتفت الساق بالساق
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
And the leg is wound about the leg,
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
ولكن كذب وتولى
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Then woe to you, and woe!
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he will be left neglected (without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord Allah on him)?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him 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 (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?