Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
But when sight is confounded
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And sun and moon are united,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Alas! No refuge!
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Although he tender his excuses.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking toward their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وظن أنه الفراق
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
And agony is heaped on agony;
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فلا صدق ولا صلى
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
But he denied and flouted.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?