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
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
But when sight is confounded
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon is eclipsed
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon darkens
And sun and moon are united,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Alas! No refuge!
Kalla la wazara
No! There is no refuge.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Although he tender his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
No! But you love the immediate
And neglect the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave the Hereafter.
That day will faces be resplendent,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking toward their Lord;
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord.
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And agony is heaped on agony;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
But he denied and flouted.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Thumma awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?