Al Qiyamat

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

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1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

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2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

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3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

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3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

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4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

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5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

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5 But man desires to continue in sin.

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6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

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6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

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7 But when sight is confounded

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7 So when vision is dazzled

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8 And the moon is eclipsed

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8 And the moon darkens

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9 And sun and moon are united,

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9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

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10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

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10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

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11 Alas! No refuge!

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11 No! There is no refuge.

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12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

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12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

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13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

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13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

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14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

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14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

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15 Although he tender his excuses.

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15 Even if he presents his excuses.

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16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

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16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

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17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

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17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

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18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

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18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

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19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

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19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

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20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

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20 No! But you love the immediate

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21 And neglect the Hereafter.

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21 And leave the Hereafter.

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22 That day will faces be resplendent,

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22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

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23 Looking toward their Lord;

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23 Looking at their Lord.

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24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

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24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

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25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

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25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

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26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

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26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

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27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

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27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

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28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

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28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

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29 And agony is heaped on agony;

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29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

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30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

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30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

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31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

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31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

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32 But he denied and flouted.

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32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

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33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

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33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

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34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

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34 Woe to you, and woe!

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35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

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35 Then woe to you, and woe!

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36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

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36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

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37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

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37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

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38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

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39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

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39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

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40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?

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40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?