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 accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
But man would fain deny what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
But when sight is confounded
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon is eclipsed
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Alas! No refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
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
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Although he tender his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
That day will faces be resplendent,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And that day will other faces be despondent,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And agony is heaped on agony;
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
But he denied and flouted.
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Then went he to his folk with glee.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
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