Al Qiyamat

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

Yusuf Ali

1 I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).

Yusuf Ali

2 And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 Does man (a disbeliever) think that We shall not assemble his bones?

Yusuf Ali

3 Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.

Yusuf Ali

4 Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.

Yusuf Ali

5 But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.

Shakir

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"

Yusuf Ali

6 He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

Shakir

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

Yusuf Ali

7 At length, when the sight is dazed,

Shakir

8 And the moon becomes dark,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

Yusuf Ali

8 And the moon is buried in darkness.

Shakir

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).

Yusuf Ali

9 And the sun and moon are joined together, -

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"

Yusuf Ali

10 That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 No! There is no refuge!

Yusuf Ali

11 By no means! No place of safety!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.

Yusuf Ali

12 Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).

Yusuf Ali

13 That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.

Shakir

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],

Yusuf Ali

14 Nay, man will be evidence against himself,

Shakir

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).

Yusuf Ali

15 Even though he were to put up his excuses.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.

Yusuf Ali

16 Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 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).

Yusuf Ali

17 It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 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.

Yusuf Ali

18 But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).

Yusuf Ali

19 Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):

Shakir

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 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,

Yusuf Ali

20 Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,

Shakir

21 And neglect the hereafter.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Yusuf Ali

21 And leave alone the Hereafter.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).

Yusuf Ali

22 Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -

Shakir

23 Looking to their Lord.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

Yusuf Ali

23 Looking towards their Lord;

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),

Yusuf Ali

24 And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.

Yusuf Ali

25 In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;

Shakir

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),

Yusuf Ali

26 Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"

Yusuf Ali

27 And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);

Yusuf Ali

28 And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;

Shakir

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).

Yusuf Ali

29 And one leg will be joined with another:

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!

Yusuf Ali

30 That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 So he (the disbeliever) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!

Yusuf Ali

31 So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -

Shakir

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!

Yusuf Ali

32 But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!

Yusuf Ali

33 Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!

Shakir

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 Woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

Yusuf Ali

34 Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 Again, woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

Yusuf Ali

35 Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 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)?

Yusuf Ali

36 Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?

Yusuf Ali

37 Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.

Yusuf Ali

38 Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 And made of him two sexes, male and female.

Yusuf Ali

39 And of him He made two sexes, male and female.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).

Yusuf Ali

40 Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?