Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
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
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
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
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
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
But man desires to continue in sin.
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
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
So when vision is dazzled
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! No place of safety!
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
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
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
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
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
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
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
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
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
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
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
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
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
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
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And one leg will be joined with another:
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
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
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
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
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
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
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
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
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
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
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?