Al Qiyamat

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2 Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.

2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

3 Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4 Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

5 Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

7 But when sight is confounded

7 So when vision is dazzled

8 And the moon becomes dark,

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 And the moon darkens

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

10 Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

11 By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

11 Alas! No refuge!

11 No! There is no refuge.

12 With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

13 Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

16 Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

17 Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

18 Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

19 Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 No! But you love the immediate

21 And neglect the hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And leave the Hereafter.

22 (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23 Looking to their Lord.

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Looking at their Lord.

24 And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

25 Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

27 And it is said: Who will be a magician?

27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

28 And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

30 To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

31 So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33 Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Woe to you, and woe!

35 Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

36 Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

37 Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38 Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

39 Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

40 Is not He able to give life to the dead?

40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?