Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when the sight becomes dazed,
But when sight is confounded
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is eclipsed
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And sun and moon are united,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Kalla la wazara
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Alas! No refuge!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Although he tender his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
That day will faces be resplendent,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking to their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And agony is heaped on agony;
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Fala saddaqa wala salla
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But he denied and flouted.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then went he to his folk with glee.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Awla laka faawla
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ