Chapter 75, 40 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
But when sight is confounded
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فإذا برق البصر
And the moon is eclipsed
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وخسف القمر
And sun and moon are united,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
وجمع الشمس والقمر
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Alas! No refuge!
Kalla la wazara
كلا لا وزر
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Although he tender his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
And neglect the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
وتذرون الآخرة
That day will faces be resplendent,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Looking toward their Lord;
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إلى ربها ناظرة
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Waqeela man raqin
وقيل من ۜ راق
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وظن أنه الفراق
And agony is heaped on agony;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
والتفت الساق بالساق
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فلا صدق ولا صلى
But he denied and flouted.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
ولكن كذب وتولى
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
أولى لك فأولى
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Thumma awla laka faawla
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى