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
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
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
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
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
But man desires to continue in sin.
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when the sight becomes dazed,
At length, when the sight is dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is buried in darkness.
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
By no means! No place of safety!
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
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
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.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
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
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.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
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
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
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
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking to their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
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
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
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
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
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
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And one leg will be joined with another:
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
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
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
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
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
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
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
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
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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
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.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
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
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?