Chapter 75, 40 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
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 cannot 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.
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man desires to continue in sin.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
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 questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
فإذا برق البصر
So when vision is dazzled
At length, when the sight is dazed,
So when the sight becomes dazed,
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the moon becomes dark,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
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?"
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! No place of safety!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
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.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put 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 will be evidence against himself,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
Even though he were to put up 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.
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
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.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
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.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
Nay! But you love the present life,
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
Looking to their Lord.
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
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
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore 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 will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And one leg will be joined with another:
And affliction is combined with affliction;
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
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 gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth 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 did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, 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 will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
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 drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
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 did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
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.
And of him He made two sexes, male and 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?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?