Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
বিসমিল্লাহির রাহমা-নির রাহি-ম লা য় উকসিমু বিইয়াওমিল্ ক্বিয়া-মাতি।
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
অলা য় উকসিমু বিন্নাফ্সিল্ লাওয়্যা-মাহ্।
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
আইয়াহ্সাবুল্ ইন্সা-নু আল্লান্ নাজমা'আ ই'জোয়া-মাহ্।
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
বালা-ক্ব-দিরীনা 'আলা য় আন্ নুসাওয়্যিয়া বানা-নাহ্।
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
বাল্ ইয়ুরীদুল্ ইন্সা-নু লিইয়াফ্জুরা আমা-মাহ্।
But man desires to continue in sin.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
ইয়াস্য়ালু আইইয়া-না ইয়াওমুল্ ক্বিয়ামাহ্।
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
ফাইযা-বারিক্বল্ বাছোর্য়া।
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
অখসাফাল্ ক্বর্মা।
And the moon darkens
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
অজুমি'আশ্ শাম্সু অল্ ক্বর্মা।
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
ইয়াকুলুল্ ইন্সা-নু ইয়াওমায়িযিন্ আইনাল্ মার্ফা।
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
কাল্লা-লা- অর্যা।
No! There is no refuge.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
ইলা-রব্বিকা ইয়াওমায়িযিনিল্ মুস্তার্ক্বা।
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
ইয়ুনাব্বায়ুল্ ইন্সা-নু ইয়াওমায়িযিম্ বিমা-ক্বাদ্দামা অআর্খ্খ।
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
বালিল্ ইন্সা-নু 'আলা-নাফ্সিহী বাছীরতুঁও।
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
অলাও আল্ক্ব-মা'আযীরহ্।
Even if he presents his excuses.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
লা-তুর্হারিক্ বিহী লিসা-নাকা লিতা'জ্বালা বিহ্।
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
ইন্না 'আলাইনা- জ্বাম্'আহূ অ কুরআ-নাহ্।
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
ফাইযা-ক্বার”না-হু ফাত্তাবি' কুরআ-নাহ্।
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ছুম্মা ইন্না 'আলাইনা- বাইয়া-নাহ্।
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
কাল্লা-বাল্ তুহিব্বূনাল্ 'আ-জ্বিলাহ্।
No! But you love the immediate
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
অতাযারূনাল্ আ-খিরাহ্।
And leave the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
উজু হুঁই ইয়াওমায়িযিন্ না-দ্বিরাহ্।
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
ইলা-রব্বিহা- না -জিরাহ্।
Looking at their Lord.
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
অ উজুহুইঁ ইয়াওমায়িযিম্ বা-সিরহ্।
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
তাজুন্নূ আইঁ ইয়ুফ্'আলা বিহা-ফা-ক্বিরহ্।
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
কাল্লা য় ইযা-বালাগতিত্তারা-ক্বিইয়া।
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
অক্বীলা মান্ রাক্বিঁন।
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
অজোয়ান্না আন্নাহুল্ ফিরা-কু।
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
অল্ তাফ্ফাতিস্ সা-কু বিস্সা-ক্বি।
And the leg is wound about the leg,
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
ইলা-রব্বিকা ইয়াওমায়িযিনিল্ মাসা-ক্ব্।
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
ফালা-ছোয়াদ্দাক্ব অলা-ছোয়াল্লা-।
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
অলা-কিন্ কায্যাবা অতাওয়াল্লা-।
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ছুম্মা যাহাবা ইলা য় আহ্লিহী ইয়াতাম্মাত্ত্বোয়া-।
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
আওলা-লাকা ফাআওলা-।
Woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
ছুম্মা আওলা-লাকা ফাআওলা-।
Then woe to you, and woe!
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
আইয়াহ্সাবুল্ ইন্সা-নু আইঁ ইয়ুত্রাকা সুদা।
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
আলাম্ ইয়াকু নুতফাতাম্ মিম্ মানিয়্যিঁই ইয়ুম্না-।
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
ছুম্মা কা-না 'আলাক্বাতান্ ফাখলাক্ব ফাসাওয়অ-।
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
ফাজ্বা'আলা মিন্হুয্ যাওজ্বাইনিয্ যাকারা অল্ উন্ছা-।
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
আলাইসা যা-লিকা বিক্ব-দিরিন্ 'আলা য় আইঁ ইয়ুহ্য়িইয়াল্ মাওতা-।
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?