Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man would fain deny what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Faitha bariqa albasaru
But when sight is confounded
فإذا برق البصر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is eclipsed
وخسف القمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Kalla la wazara
Alas! No refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Although he tender his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
That day will faces be resplendent,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And that day will other faces be despondent,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Waqeela man raqin
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وقيل من ۜ راق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And agony is heaped on agony;
والتفت الساق بالساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Fala saddaqa wala salla
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But he denied and flouted.
ولكن كذب وتولى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then went he to his folk with glee.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Awla laka faawla
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى