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;
আমি শপথ করি কেয়ামত দিবসের,
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).
আরও শপথ করি সেই মনের, যে নিজেকে ধিক্কার দেয় -
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 ?
মানুষ কি মনে করে যে আমি তার অস্থিসমূহ একত্রিত করব না?
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!
পরন্ত আমি তার অংগুলিগুলো পর্যন্ত সঠিকভাবে সন্নিবেশিত করতে সক্ষম।
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.
বরং মানুষ তার ভবিষ্যত জীবনেও ধৃষ্টতা করতে চায়
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 ?
সে প্রশ্ন করে - কেয়ামত দিবস কবে?
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
But when sight is confounded
যখন দৃষ্টি চমকে যাবে,
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is eclipsed
চন্দ্র জ্যোতিহীন হয়ে যাবে।
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And sun and moon are united,
এবং সূর্য ও চন্দ্রকে একত্রিত করা হবে -
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!
সে দিন মানুষ বলবেঃ পলায়নের জায়গা কোথায় ?
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Alas! No refuge!
না কোথাও আশ্রয়স্থল নেই।
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.
আপনার পালনকর্তার কাছেই সেদিন ঠাঁই হবে।
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.
সেদিন মানুষকে অবহিত করা হবে সে যা সামনে প্রেরণ করেছে ও পশ্চাতে ছেড়ে দিয়েছে।
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,
বরং মানুষ নিজেই তার নিজের সম্পর্কে চক্ষুমান।
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Although he tender his excuses.
যদিও সে তার অজুহাত পেশ করতে চাইবে।
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.
তাড়াতাড়ি শিখে নেয়ার জন্যে আপনি দ্রুত ওহী আবৃত্তি করবেন না।
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.
এর সংরক্ষণ ও পাঠ আমারই দায়িত্ব।
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;
অতঃপর আমি যখন তা পাঠ করি, তখন আপনি সেই পাঠের অনুসরণ করুন।
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.
এরপর বিশদ বর্ণনা আমারই দায়িত্ব।
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
কখনও না, বরং তোমরা পার্থিব জীবনকে ভালবাস
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And neglect the hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
এবং পরকালকে উপেক্ষা কর।
And leave alone the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
That day will faces be resplendent,
সেদিন অনেক মুখমন্ডল উজ্জ্বল হবে।
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking to their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
তারা তার পালনকর্তার দিকে তাকিয়ে থাকবে।
Looking towards their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
আর অনেক মুখমন্ডল সেদিন উদাস হয়ে পড়বে।
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.
তারা ধারণা করবে যে, তাদের সাথে কোমর - ভাঙ্গা আচরণ করা হবে।
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
কখনও না, যখন প্রাণ কন্ঠাগত হবে।
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) ?
এবং বলা হবে, কে ঝাড়বে
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;
এবং সে মনে করবে যে, বিদায়ের ক্ষণ এসে গেছে।
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And agony is heaped on agony;
এবং গোছা গোছার সাথে জড়িত হয়ে যাবে।
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.
সেদিন, আপনার পালনকর্তার নিকট সবকিছু নীত হবে।
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.
সে বিশ্বাস করেনি এবং পড়েনি;
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But he denied and flouted.
পরন্ত মিথ্যারোপ করেছে ও পৃষ্ঠ প্রদর্শন করেছে।
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.
অতঃপর সে দম্ভভরে পরিবার - পরিজনের নিকট ফিরে গিয়েছে।
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
তোমার দুর্ভোগের উপর দুর্ভোগ।
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
অতঃপর, তোমার দুর্ভোগের উপর দূর্ভোগ।
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 ?
মানুষ কি মনে করে যে, তাকে এমনি ছেড়ে দেয়া হবে?
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 ?
সে কি স্খলিত বীর্য ছিল না?
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
অতঃপর সে ছিল রক্তপিন্ড, অতঃপর তাকে সৃষ্টি করেছেন এবং সুবিন্যস্ত করেছেন।
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.
অতঃপর তা থেকে সৃষ্টি করেছেন যুগল নর ও নারী।
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 ?
তবুও কি সেই মৃতদেরকে জীবিত করতে সক্ষম নন?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?