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.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
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?
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
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man desires to continue in sin.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
فإذا برق البصر
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought 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?
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
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.
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.
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth 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,
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.
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.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
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.
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
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
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
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.
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
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?
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,
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.
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.
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?