Al Qiyamat

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

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

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

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

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

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

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

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

7 But when sight is confounded

7 So when vision is dazzled

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 And the moon darkens

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

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

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

11 Alas! No refuge!

11 No! There is no refuge.

11 Kalla la wazara

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 No! But you love the immediate

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

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

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

27 Waqeela man raqin

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Awla laka faawla

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

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

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

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta