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
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
But when sight is confounded
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon is eclipsed
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Alas! No refuge!
Kalla la wazara
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Although he tender his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And neglect the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
That day will faces be resplendent,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Waqeela man raqin
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And agony is heaped on agony;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
But he denied and flouted.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Thumma awla laka faawla
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta