Chapter 75, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
But when sight is confounded
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
And the moon is eclipsed
And the moon becomes dark,
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
And sun and moon are united,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
Alas! No refuge!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
Although he tender his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Nay! But you love the present life,
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ
And neglect the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
That day will faces be resplendent,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Looking toward their Lord;
Looking to their Lord.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
And that day will other faces be despondent,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
And agony is heaped on agony;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
But he denied and flouted.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ