Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
So when the sight becomes dazed,
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon will be eclipsed.
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
No! There is no refuge!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
On that Day man will be of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an).
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel)], then follow its (the Qur'an's) recital.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Nay! But you love the present life,
Not [as you think, that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for your deeds], but you (men) love the present life of this world,
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
And neglect the hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Looking to their Lord.
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left neglected (without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord Allah on him)?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ