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 do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
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 cannot 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
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
By no means! No place of safety!
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
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
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even though he were to put up 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 thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave alone the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking towards their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And one leg will be joined with another:
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, 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 uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
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 did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And of him He made two sexes, male and 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
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?