Al Qiyamat

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1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

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2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

Shakir

2 Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.

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3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

Shakir

3 Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

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4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

Shakir

4 Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

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5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

Shakir

5 Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

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6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

Shakir

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

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7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

Shakir

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

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8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

Shakir

8 And the moon becomes dark,

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9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

Shakir

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

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10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

Shakir

10 Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

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11 Kalla la wazara

Shakir

11 By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

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12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

Shakir

12 With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

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13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

Shakir

13 Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

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14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

Shakir

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

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15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

Shakir

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

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16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

Shakir

16 Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

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17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

Shakir

17 Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

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18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

Shakir

18 Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

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19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

Shakir

19 Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

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20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

Shakir

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

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21 Watatharoona alakhirata

Shakir

21 And neglect the hereafter.

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22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

Shakir

22 (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

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23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Shakir

23 Looking to their Lord.

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24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

Shakir

24 And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

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25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

Shakir

25 Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

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26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

Shakir

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

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27 Waqeela man raqin

Shakir

27 And it is said: Who will be a magician?

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28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

Shakir

28 And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

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29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

Shakir

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

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30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

Shakir

30 To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

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31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

Shakir

31 So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

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32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

Shakir

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

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33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

Shakir

33 Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

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34 Awla laka faawla

Shakir

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

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35 Thumma awla laka faawla

Shakir

35 Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

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36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

Shakir

36 Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

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37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Shakir

37 Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

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38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

Shakir

38 Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

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39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

Shakir

39 Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

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40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

Shakir

40 Is not He able to give life to the dead?