Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فإذا برق البصر
But when sight is confounded
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وخسف القمر
And the moon is eclipsed
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And sun and moon are united,
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Kalla la wazara
كلا لا وزر
Alas! No refuge!
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Although he tender his excuses.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Watatharoona alakhirata
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
That day will faces be resplendent,
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking toward their Lord;
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Waqeela man raqin
وقيل من ۜ راق
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وظن أنه الفراق
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
والتفت الساق بالساق
And agony is heaped on agony;
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فلا صدق ولا صلى
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
ولكن كذب وتولى
But he denied and flouted.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Awla laka faawla
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Thumma awla laka faawla
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?