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;
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
So when the sight becomes dazed,
But when sight is confounded
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is eclipsed
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And sun and moon are united,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Alas! No refuge!
Kalla la wazara
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
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.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Although he tender his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
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.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
And neglect the hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
That day will faces be resplendent,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Looking to their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
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.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Waqeela man raqin
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And agony is heaped on agony;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But he denied and flouted.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Thumma awla laka faawla
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
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
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ