Al Qiyamat

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

2 Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.

2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

3 Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

4 Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

5 Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

7 But when sight is confounded

8 And the moon becomes dark,

8 And the moon is eclipsed

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

9 And sun and moon are united,

10 Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

11 By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

11 Alas! No refuge!

12 With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

13 Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

15 Although he tender his excuses.

16 Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

17 Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

18 Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

19 Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

21 And neglect the hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

22 (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

23 Looking to their Lord.

23 Looking toward their Lord;

24 And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

25 Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

27 And it is said: Who will be a magician?

27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

28 And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

30 To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

31 So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

32 But he denied and flouted.

33 Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

35 Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

36 Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

37 Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

38 Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

39 Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

40 Is not He able to give life to the dead?

40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?