Al Qiyamat
Chapter 75, 40 verses
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Shakir
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Pickthall
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Transliteration
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Saheeh International
Shakir
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Transliteration
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Saheeh International
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Shakir
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Pickthall
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Transliteration
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Saheeh International
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Shakir
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Pickthall
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Transliteration
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Saheeh International
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Shakir
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Pickthall
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Transliteration
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Saheeh International
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Shakir
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Pickthall
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Transliteration
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
Saheeh International
But man desires to continue in sin.
Shakir
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Pickthall
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Transliteration
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
Saheeh International
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Shakir
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Pickthall
But when sight is confounded
Transliteration
Faitha bariqa albasaru
Saheeh International
So when vision is dazzled
Shakir
And the moon becomes dark,
Pickthall
And the moon is eclipsed
Transliteration
Wakhasafa alqamaru
Saheeh International
And the moon darkens
Shakir
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
Pickthall
And sun and moon are united,
Transliteration
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Saheeh International
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Shakir
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Pickthall
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Transliteration
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Saheeh International
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Shakir
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Pickthall
Alas! No refuge!
Transliteration
Kalla la wazara
Saheeh International
No! There is no refuge.
Shakir
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Transliteration
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Saheeh International
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Shakir
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Pickthall
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Transliteration
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Saheeh International
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Shakir
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Pickthall
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Transliteration
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Saheeh International
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Shakir
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Pickthall
Although he tender his excuses.
Transliteration
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Saheeh International
Even if he presents his excuses.
Shakir
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Pickthall
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Transliteration
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Saheeh International
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Shakir
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Pickthall
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Transliteration
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Saheeh International
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Shakir
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Pickthall
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Transliteration
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Saheeh International
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Shakir
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Pickthall
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Transliteration
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Saheeh International
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Shakir
Nay! But you love the present life,
Pickthall
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Transliteration
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Saheeh International
No! But you love the immediate
Shakir
And neglect the hereafter.
Pickthall
And neglect the Hereafter.
Transliteration
Watatharoona alakhirata
Saheeh International
And leave the Hereafter.
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Pickthall
That day will faces be resplendent,
Transliteration
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Saheeh International
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Shakir
Looking to their Lord.
Pickthall
Looking toward their Lord;
Transliteration
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Saheeh International
Looking at their Lord.
Shakir
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Pickthall
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Transliteration
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Saheeh International
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Shakir
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Pickthall
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Transliteration
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Saheeh International
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Shakir
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Pickthall
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Transliteration
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Saheeh International
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Shakir
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Pickthall
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Transliteration
Waqeela man raqin
Saheeh International
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Shakir
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Pickthall
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Transliteration
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
Saheeh International
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Shakir
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Pickthall
And agony is heaped on agony;
Transliteration
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
Saheeh International
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Shakir
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Transliteration
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Saheeh International
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Shakir
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Pickthall
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Transliteration
Fala saddaqa wala salla
Saheeh International
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Shakir
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Pickthall
But he denied and flouted.
Transliteration
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Saheeh International
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Shakir
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Pickthall
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Transliteration
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Saheeh International
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Shakir
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Pickthall
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Transliteration
Awla laka faawla
Saheeh International
Woe to you, and woe!
Shakir
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Pickthall
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Transliteration
Thumma awla laka faawla
Saheeh International
Then woe to you, and woe!
Shakir
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Pickthall
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Transliteration
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Saheeh International
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Shakir
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Pickthall
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Transliteration
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Saheeh International
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Shakir
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Pickthall
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Transliteration
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Saheeh International
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Shakir
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
Pickthall
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Transliteration
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Saheeh International
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Shakir
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Pickthall
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Transliteration
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Saheeh International
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?