Al Qiyamat

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

Saheeh International

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Transliteration

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).

Saheeh International

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

Transliteration

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 Does man (a disbeliever) think that We shall not assemble his bones?

Saheeh International

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

Transliteration

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.

Saheeh International

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

Transliteration

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.

Saheeh International

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

Transliteration

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"

Saheeh International

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

Transliteration

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

Saheeh International

7 So when vision is dazzled

Transliteration

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

Saheeh International

8 And the moon darkens

Transliteration

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).

Saheeh International

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

Transliteration

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"

Saheeh International

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

Transliteration

11 Kalla la wazara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 No! There is no refuge!

Saheeh International

11 No! There is no refuge.

Transliteration

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.

Saheeh International

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

Transliteration

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).

Saheeh International

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

Transliteration

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],

Saheeh International

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

Transliteration

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).

Saheeh International

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

Transliteration

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.

Saheeh International

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

Transliteration

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an).

Saheeh International

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

Transliteration

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel)], then follow its (the Qur'an's) recital.

Saheeh International

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

Transliteration

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).

Saheeh International

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

Transliteration

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Not [as you think, that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for your deeds], but you (men) love the present life of this world,

Saheeh International

20 No! But you love the immediate

Transliteration

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Saheeh International

21 And leave the Hereafter.

Transliteration

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).

Saheeh International

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

Transliteration

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

Saheeh International

23 Looking at their Lord.

Transliteration

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),

Saheeh International

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

Transliteration

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.

Saheeh International

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

Transliteration

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),

Saheeh International

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Transliteration

27 Waqeela man raqin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"

Saheeh International

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

Transliteration

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);

Saheeh International

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

Transliteration

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).

Saheeh International

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

Transliteration

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!

Saheeh International

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

Transliteration

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

31 So he (the disbeliever) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!

Saheeh International

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

Transliteration

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

32 But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!

Saheeh International

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

Transliteration

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

33 Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!

Saheeh International

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

Transliteration

34 Awla laka faawla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

34 Woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

Saheeh International

34 Woe to you, and woe!

Transliteration

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

35 Again, woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

Saheeh International

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

Transliteration

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected (without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord Allah on him)?

Saheeh International

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Transliteration

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

37 Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?

Saheeh International

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Transliteration

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

38 Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.

Saheeh International

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

Transliteration

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

39 And made of him two sexes, male and female.

Saheeh International

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

Transliteration

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

40 Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).

Saheeh International

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?