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La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
Shakir
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Al Qiyamat
Chapter 75, 40 verses
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Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Shakir
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
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Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Shakir
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
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Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Shakir
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
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Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
Shakir
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
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Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
Shakir
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
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Faitha bariqa albasaru
Shakir
So when the sight becomes dazed,
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Wakhasafa alqamaru
Shakir
And the moon becomes dark,
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WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Shakir
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
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Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Shakir
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
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Kalla la wazara
Shakir
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
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Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Shakir
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
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Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Shakir
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
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Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Shakir
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
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Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Shakir
Though he puts forth his excuses.
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La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Shakir
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
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Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Shakir
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
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Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Shakir
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
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Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Shakir
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
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Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Shakir
Nay! But you love the present life,
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Watatharoona alakhirata
Shakir
And neglect the hereafter.
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Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
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Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Shakir
Looking to their Lord.
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Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Shakir
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
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Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Shakir
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
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Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
Shakir
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
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Waqeela man raqin
Shakir
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
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Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
Shakir
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
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Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
Shakir
And affliction is combined with affliction;
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Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
Shakir
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
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Fala saddaqa wala salla
Shakir
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
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Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Shakir
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
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Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Shakir
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
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Awla laka faawla
Shakir
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
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Thumma awla laka faawla
Shakir
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
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Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Shakir
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Shakir
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
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Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Shakir
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
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FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Shakir
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
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Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Shakir
Is not He able to give life to the dead?