Chapter 75, 40 verses
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
وَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلنَّفْسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
يَسْـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Faitha bariqa albasaru
So when vision is dazzled
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلْبَصَرُ
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon darkens
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
يَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ ٱلْمَفَرُّ
Kalla la wazara
No! There is no refuge.
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
بَلِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٌ
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Even if he presents his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ
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.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ
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.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُۥ وَقُرْءَانَهُۥ
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْءَانَهُۥ
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُۥ
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
No! But you love the immediate
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave the Hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking at their Lord.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
Waqeela man raqin
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
And the leg is wound about the leg,
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ
Fala saddaqa wala salla
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ
Awla laka faawla
Woe to you, and woe!
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Thumma awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
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]
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْۦِىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ