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 Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge!
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest 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 will be of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
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).
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
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.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
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,
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وظن أنه الفراق
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
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)?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).