Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man desires to continue in sin.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
فإذا برق البصر
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
At length, when the sight is dazed,
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is buried in darkness.
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
By no means! No place of safety!
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
وظن أنه الفراق
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And one leg will be joined with another:
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
فلا صدق ولا صلى
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?