Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
So when the sight becomes dazed,
But when sight is confounded
فإذا برق البصر
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is eclipsed
وخسف القمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And sun and moon are united,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Alas! No refuge!
كلا لا وزر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Although he tender his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
And neglect the hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
That day will faces be resplendent,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Looking to their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And agony is heaped on agony;
والتفت الساق بالساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But he denied and flouted.
ولكن كذب وتولى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then went he to his folk with glee.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى