Al Qiyamat
Chapter 75, 40 verses
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Pickthall
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Saheeh International
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Word by word
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Saheeh International
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Word by word
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Pickthall
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
Saheeh International
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Word by word
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Pickthall
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Saheeh International
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Pickthall
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
Saheeh International
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Word by word
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Pickthall
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
Saheeh International
But man desires to continue in sin.
Word by word
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Pickthall
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
Saheeh International
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Word by word
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Pickthall
But when sight is confounded
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
Saheeh International
So when vision is dazzled
Word by word
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Pickthall
And the moon is eclipsed
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the moon will be eclipsed.
Saheeh International
And the moon darkens
Word by word
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
Pickthall
And sun and moon are united,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
Saheeh International
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Word by word
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Pickthall
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
Saheeh International
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Word by word
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Pickthall
Alas! No refuge!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
No! There is no refuge!
Saheeh International
No! There is no refuge.
Word by word
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
Saheeh International
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Word by word
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Pickthall
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
On that Day man will be of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).
Saheeh International
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Word by word
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Pickthall
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
Saheeh International
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Word by word
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Pickthall
Although he tender his excuses.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Saheeh International
Even if he presents his excuses.
Word by word
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Pickthall
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
Saheeh International
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Word by word
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Pickthall
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an).
Saheeh International
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Word by word
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Pickthall
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel)], then follow its (the Qur'an's) recital.
Saheeh International
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Word by word
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Pickthall
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
Saheeh International
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Word by word
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Pickthall
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Not [as you think, that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for your deeds], but you (men) love the present life of this world,
Saheeh International
No! But you love the immediate
Word by word
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Pickthall
And neglect the Hereafter.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And neglect the Hereafter.
Saheeh International
And leave the Hereafter.
Word by word
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Pickthall
That day will faces be resplendent,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
Saheeh International
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Word by word
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Pickthall
Looking toward their Lord;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
Saheeh International
Looking at their Lord.
Word by word
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Pickthall
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
Saheeh International
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Word by word
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Pickthall
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
Saheeh International
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Word by word
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Pickthall
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
Saheeh International
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Word by word
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Pickthall
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
Saheeh International
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Word by word
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
Pickthall
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
Saheeh International
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Word by word
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Pickthall
And agony is heaped on agony;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
Saheeh International
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Word by word
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
Saheeh International
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Word by word
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Pickthall
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
Saheeh International
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Word by word
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Pickthall
But he denied and flouted.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
Saheeh International
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Word by word
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Pickthall
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Saheeh International
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Word by word
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Pickthall
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Saheeh International
Woe to you, and woe!
Word by word
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Pickthall
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Saheeh International
Then woe to you, and woe!
Word by word
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Pickthall
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does man think that he will be left neglected (without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord Allah on him)?
Saheeh International
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Pickthall
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
Saheeh International
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Word by word
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Pickthall
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
Saheeh International
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Word by word
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Pickthall
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
Saheeh International
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Word by word
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Pickthall
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).
Saheeh International
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Word by word
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ