Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
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
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
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 made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta