Al Qiyamat

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

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

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

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

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

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

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

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

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

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

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

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

7 But when sight is confounded

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 And the moon becomes dark,

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

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

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

11 Alas! No refuge!

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

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

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

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

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

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

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the hereafter.

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

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

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Looking to their Lord.

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

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

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

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

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

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

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

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

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

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

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

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

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

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

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

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

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

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

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

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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