Al Qiyamat

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

Transliteration

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

Transliteration

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

Shakir

8 And the moon becomes dark,

Transliteration

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

Shakir

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

Transliteration

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

11 Kalla la wazara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 No! There is no refuge!

Shakir

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

Transliteration

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

Transliteration

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

Transliteration

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

Transliteration

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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,

Shakir

21 And neglect the hereafter.

Transliteration

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

23 Looking to their Lord.

Transliteration

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

Transliteration

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

27 Waqeela man raqin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

Transliteration

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

Transliteration

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

Transliteration

34 Awla laka faawla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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)?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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