Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We will 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
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
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 desires to continue in sin.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when the sight becomes dazed,
So when vision is dazzled
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon darkens
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Kalla la wazara
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
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.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay! But you love the present life,
No! But you love the immediate
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Watatharoona alakhirata
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking to their Lord.
Looking at their Lord.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Fala saddaqa wala salla
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Awla laka faawla
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to you, and woe!
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Thumma awla laka faawla
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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 was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
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 two mates, the male and the 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 that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ