Al Qiyamat

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

Pickthall

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

Pickthall

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

Saheeh International

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

Transliteration

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

Pickthall

7 But when sight is confounded

Saheeh International

7 So when vision is dazzled

Shakir

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

Transliteration

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

Pickthall

8 And the moon is eclipsed

Saheeh International

8 And the moon darkens

Shakir

8 And the moon becomes dark,

Transliteration

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

Pickthall

9 And sun and moon are united,

Saheeh International

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

Shakir

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

Transliteration

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

Pickthall

11 Alas! No refuge!

Saheeh International

11 No! There is no refuge.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

11 Kalla la wazara

Pickthall

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

Transliteration

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

Pickthall

15 Although he tender his excuses.

Saheeh International

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

Shakir

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

Transliteration

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

Pickthall

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

Pickthall

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

Saheeh International

20 No! But you love the immediate

Shakir

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

Transliteration

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

Pickthall

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Saheeh International

21 And leave the Hereafter.

Shakir

21 And neglect the hereafter.

Transliteration

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

Pickthall

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

Pickthall

23 Looking toward their Lord;

Saheeh International

23 Looking at their Lord.

Shakir

23 Looking to their Lord.

Transliteration

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Pickthall

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Shakir

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

Transliteration

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

27 Waqeela man raqin

Pickthall

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

Pickthall

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

Saheeh International

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

Shakir

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

Transliteration

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

Pickthall

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

Pickthall

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

Pickthall

32 But he denied and flouted.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

Transliteration

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

Pickthall

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

Pickthall

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

Saheeh International

34 Woe to you, and woe!

Shakir

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

Transliteration

34 Awla laka faawla

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

Shakir

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

Transliteration

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

Pickthall

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

Saheeh International

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta