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