Al Qiyamat

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

7 So when vision is dazzled

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

8 And the moon darkens

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

11 Kalla la wazara

11 No! There is no refuge.

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

20 No! But you love the immediate

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

21 And leave the Hereafter.

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

23 Looking at their Lord.

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

27 Waqeela man raqin

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

34 Awla laka faawla

34 Woe to you, and woe!

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?