Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man desires to continue in sin.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
So when the sight becomes dazed,
So when vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Nay! But you love the present life,
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking to their Lord.
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta