Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Kalla la wazara
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِۦٓ
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Thumma awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ