Al Qiyamat

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

Transliteration

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

Pickthall

2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

Pickthall

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

Pickthall

4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

Shakir

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

Transliteration

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

Pickthall

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

Pickthall

6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

Shakir

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

Transliteration

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

Pickthall

7 But when sight is confounded

Shakir

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

Transliteration

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

Pickthall

8 And the moon is eclipsed

Shakir

8 And the moon becomes dark,

Transliteration

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

Pickthall

9 And sun and moon are united,

Shakir

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

Transliteration

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

Pickthall

10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

Shakir

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

Transliteration

11 Kalla la wazara

Pickthall

11 Alas! No refuge!

Shakir

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

Transliteration

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

Pickthall

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

Pickthall

13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

Pickthall

14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

Shakir

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

Transliteration

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

Pickthall

15 Although he tender his excuses.

Shakir

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

Transliteration

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

Pickthall

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

Pickthall

17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

Pickthall

18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

Shakir

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

Transliteration

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

Pickthall

19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

Pickthall

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

Shakir

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

Transliteration

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

Pickthall

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Shakir

21 And neglect the hereafter.

Transliteration

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

Pickthall

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Pickthall

23 Looking toward their Lord;

Shakir

23 Looking to their Lord.

Transliteration

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

Pickthall

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

Pickthall

25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

Pickthall

26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

Shakir

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

Transliteration

27 Waqeela man raqin

Pickthall

27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

Pickthall

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

Shakir

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

Transliteration

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

Pickthall

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

Shakir

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

Transliteration

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

Pickthall

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

Pickthall

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

Pickthall

32 But he denied and flouted.

Shakir

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

Transliteration

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

Pickthall

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

34 Awla laka faawla

Pickthall

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

Shakir

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

Transliteration

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

Pickthall

35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

Pickthall

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Pickthall

37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

Pickthall

38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

Shakir

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

Transliteration

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

Pickthall

39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

Pickthall

40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?

Shakir

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