Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
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 self - accusing soul.
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
But when sight is confounded
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is eclipsed
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And sun and moon are united,
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Kalla la wazara
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Alas! No refuge!
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
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
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Although he tender his excuses.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Watatharoona alakhirata
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
That day will faces be resplendent,
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Waqeela man raqin
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And agony is heaped on agony;
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
ولكن كذب وتولى
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But he denied and flouted.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Awla laka faawla
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Thumma awla laka faawla
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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 small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
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 able to give life to the dead?
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?