Al Qiyamat

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

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

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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

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

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

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

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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

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

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

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

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

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

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

7 But when sight is confounded

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

8 And the moon becomes dark,

8 And the moon is eclipsed

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

9 And sun and moon are united,

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

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

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

11 Kalla la wazara

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

11 Alas! No refuge!

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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

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

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

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

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

15 Although he tender his excuses.

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

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

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

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

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

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

21 And neglect the hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

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

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

23 Looking to their Lord.

23 Looking toward their Lord;

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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

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

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

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

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

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

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

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

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

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

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

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

32 But he denied and flouted.

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

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

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

34 Awla laka faawla

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

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

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

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

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

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

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

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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

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

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

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

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