Chapter 75, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
But man would fain deny what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
But when sight is confounded
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon is eclipsed
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon becomes dark,
And sun and moon are united,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Alas! No refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Although he tender his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay! But you love the present life,
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the hereafter.
That day will faces be resplendent,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking toward their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking to their Lord.
And that day will other faces be despondent,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And agony is heaped on agony;
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
But he denied and flouted.
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Then went he to his folk with glee.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He able to give life to the dead?