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;
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
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!
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.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man would fain deny what is before him.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
But when sight is confounded
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is eclipsed
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
Alas! No refuge!
By no means! No place of safety!
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.
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.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
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.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Although he tender his excuses.
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
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.
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.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the Hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
That day will faces be resplendent,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
Looking towards their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And that day will other faces be despondent,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
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.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
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)?"
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And agony is heaped on agony;
And one leg will be joined with another:
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But he denied and flouted.
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
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 ?
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
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 ?
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.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
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.
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.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
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 ?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?