Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
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
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
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
But man desires to continue in sin.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon darkens
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
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
No! There is no refuge.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
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
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
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
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
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
No! But you love the immediate
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord.
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
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
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
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
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
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
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
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
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?