Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
At length, when the sight is dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
And the moon is buried in darkness.
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
By no means! No place of safety!
Kalla la wazara
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
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
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
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 promulgate it:
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave alone the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking towards their Lord;
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
Waqeela man raqin
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وظن أنه الفراق
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
And one leg will be joined with another:
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
Fala saddaqa wala salla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Thumma awla laka faawla
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 uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
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
Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta