Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon darkens
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
No! There is no refuge.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
No! But you love the immediate
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord.
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?