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;
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Faitha bariqa albasaru
But when sight is confounded
So when the sight becomes dazed,
At length, when the sight is dazed,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is eclipsed
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is buried in darkness.
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And sun and moon are united,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
Kalla la wazara
Alas! No refuge!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
By no means! No place of safety!
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Although he tender his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave alone the Hereafter.
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
That day will faces be resplendent,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking toward their Lord;
Looking to their Lord.
Looking towards their Lord;
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And that day will other faces be despondent,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
Waqeela man raqin
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And agony is heaped on agony;
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And one leg will be joined with another:
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
Fala saddaqa wala salla
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But he denied and flouted.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Awla laka faawla
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?