Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man would fain deny what is before him.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
But when sight is confounded
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is eclipsed
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
Alas! No refuge!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Although he tender his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the Hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
That day will faces be resplendent,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And that day will other faces be despondent,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And agony is heaped on agony;
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But he denied and flouted.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then went he to his folk with glee.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ