Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فإذا برق البصر
But when sight is confounded
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وخسف القمر
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And sun and moon are united,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
كلا لا وزر
Alas! No refuge!
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Although he tender his excuses.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking toward their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
وقيل من ۜ راق
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وظن أنه الفراق
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
والتفت الساق بالساق
And agony is heaped on agony;
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فلا صدق ولا صلى
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
ولكن كذب وتولى
But he denied and flouted.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?