Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
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 wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
So when the sight becomes dazed,
At length, when the sight is dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is buried in darkness.
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
By no means! No place of safety!
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
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.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking to their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And one leg will be joined with another:
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, 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 uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
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 did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta