الـقـيامـة

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

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

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

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

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

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

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

7 So when vision is dazzled

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

8 And the moon darkens

8 And the moon becomes dark,

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

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

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

11 No! There is no refuge.

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

11 Kalla la wazara

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

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

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

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

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

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

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

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

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

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

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

20 No! But you love the immediate

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the hereafter.

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

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

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Looking to their Lord.

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

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

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

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

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

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

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

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

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

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

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

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

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

34 Awla laka faawla

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

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

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

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

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

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

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

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

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta