Al Qiyamat

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1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

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2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

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3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

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3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

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4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

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5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

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5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

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6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

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6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

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7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

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7 But when sight is confounded

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8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

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8 And the moon is eclipsed

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9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

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9 And sun and moon are united,

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10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

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10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

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11 Kalla la wazara

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11 Alas! No refuge!

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12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

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13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

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14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

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14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

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15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

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15 Although he tender his excuses.

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16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

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17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

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18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

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19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

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19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

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20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

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20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

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21 Watatharoona alakhirata

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21 And neglect the Hereafter.

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22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

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22 That day will faces be resplendent,

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23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

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23 Looking toward their Lord;

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24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

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25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

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26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

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26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

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27 Waqeela man raqin

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27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

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28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

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28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

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29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

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29 And agony is heaped on agony;

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30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

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30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

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31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

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31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

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32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

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32 But he denied and flouted.

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33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

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33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

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34 Awla laka faawla

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34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

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35 Thumma awla laka faawla

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35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

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36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

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36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

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37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

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38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

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39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

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40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

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40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?