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