Al Qiyamat

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

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

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 will not assemble his bones?

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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

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

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

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 vision is dazzled

7 But when sight is confounded

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

8 And the moon darkens

8 And the moon is eclipsed

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

9 And sun and moon are united,

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

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

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

11 Kalla la wazara

11 No! There is no refuge.

11 Alas! No refuge!

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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

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

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

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Although he tender 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.

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

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

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

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

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

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

20 No! But you love the immediate

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

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

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Looking toward their Lord;

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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

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

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

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

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

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

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

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

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

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

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

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

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

32 But he denied and flouted.

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

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

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

34 Awla laka faawla

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

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

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

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

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

39 And made of him two mates, 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 that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

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