Al Qiyamat

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

Shakir

2 Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.

Pickthall

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

Transliteration

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

Shakir

3 Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

Shakir

4 Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

Pickthall

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

Transliteration

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

Shakir

5 Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

Shakir

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

Pickthall

7 But when sight is confounded

Transliteration

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

Shakir

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

Pickthall

8 And the moon is eclipsed

Transliteration

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

Shakir

8 And the moon becomes dark,

Pickthall

9 And sun and moon are united,

Transliteration

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

Shakir

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

Shakir

10 Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

Pickthall

11 Alas! No refuge!

Transliteration

11 Kalla la wazara

Shakir

11 By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

Pickthall

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

Transliteration

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

Shakir

12 With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

Shakir

13 Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

Shakir

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

Pickthall

15 Although he tender his excuses.

Transliteration

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

Shakir

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

Pickthall

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

Transliteration

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

Shakir

16 Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

Shakir

17 Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

Shakir

18 Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

Shakir

19 Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

Pickthall

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

Transliteration

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

Shakir

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

Pickthall

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Transliteration

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

Shakir

21 And neglect the hereafter.

Pickthall

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

Transliteration

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

Shakir

22 (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

Pickthall

23 Looking toward their Lord;

Transliteration

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Shakir

23 Looking to their Lord.

Pickthall

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

Transliteration

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

Shakir

24 And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

Shakir

25 Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

Shakir

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

27 Waqeela man raqin

Shakir

27 And it is said: Who will be a magician?

Pickthall

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

Transliteration

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

Shakir

28 And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

Pickthall

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

Transliteration

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

Shakir

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

Pickthall

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

Transliteration

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

Shakir

30 To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

Pickthall

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

Transliteration

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

Shakir

31 So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

Pickthall

32 But he denied and flouted.

Transliteration

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

Shakir

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

Pickthall

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

Transliteration

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

Shakir

33 Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

Pickthall

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

Transliteration

34 Awla laka faawla

Shakir

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

Shakir

35 Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

Pickthall

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

Transliteration

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

Shakir

36 Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Shakir

37 Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

Shakir

38 Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

Shakir

39 Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

Shakir

40 Is not He able to give life to the dead?