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
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
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
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.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
But when sight is confounded
Faitha bariqa albasaru
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is eclipsed
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And sun and moon are united,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Alas! No refuge!
Kalla la wazara
By no means! No place of safety!
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
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.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Although he tender his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
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
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.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And neglect the hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave alone the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
That day will faces be resplendent,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking to their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking towards their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
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
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Waqeela man raqin
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And agony is heaped on agony;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And one leg will be joined with another:
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But he denied and flouted.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
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
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
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
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.
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
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.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
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
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?