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;
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
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
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
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
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
But when sight is confounded
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
Alas! No refuge!
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.
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.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Although he tender 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.
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.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
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
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
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
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 he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And agony is heaped on agony;
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But he denied and flouted.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
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
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
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
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
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
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?