Al Qiyamat

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

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

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

2 And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

3 Does man (a disbeliever) think that We shall not assemble his bones?

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

4 Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

5 Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.

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

6 He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"

7 But when sight is confounded

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).

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

10 On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"

11 Alas! No refuge!

11 No! There is no refuge!

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

12 Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.

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

13 On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).

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

14 Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

16 Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.

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

17 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).

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

18 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.

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

19 Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 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,

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

22 Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

24 And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),

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

25 Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.

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

26 Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),

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

27 And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

28 And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

30 The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

31 So he (the disbeliever) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

33 Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

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

35 Again, woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

36 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)?

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

37 Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?

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

38 Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.

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

39 And made of him two sexes, male and female.

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

40 Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).