Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
But man desires to continue in sin.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon becomes dark,
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
And the moon darkens
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
No! There is no refuge.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
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.
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ
Even if he presents his excuses.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ
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.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay! But you love the present life,
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ
No! But you love the immediate
And neglect the hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
And leave the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking to their Lord.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Looking at their Lord.
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And affliction is combined with affliction;
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
And the leg is wound about the leg,
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Then woe to you, and woe!
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
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.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?