Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Kalla la wazara
No! There is no refuge.
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ولكن كذب وتولى
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Thumma awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He able to give life to the dead?