Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
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 will not assemble his bones?
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man desires to continue in sin.
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فإذا برق البصر
So when vision is dazzled
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Kalla la wazara
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents his excuses.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
No! But you love the immediate
Watatharoona alakhirata
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Waqeela man raqin
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وظن أنه الفراق
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فلا صدق ولا صلى
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
ولكن كذب وتولى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Awla laka faawla
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Thumma awla laka faawla
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
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 that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?