Chapter 75, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
فإذا برق البصر
But when sight is confounded
And the moon will be eclipsed.
وخسف القمر
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And sun and moon are united,
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
No! There is no refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Alas! No refuge!
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
On that Day man will be of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Although he tender his excuses.
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an).
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم through Jibril (Gabriel)], then follow its (the Qur'an's) recital.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Not [as you think, that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for your deeds], but you (men) love the present life of this world,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking toward their Lord;
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
وظن أنه الفراق
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
والتفت الساق بالساق
And agony is heaped on agony;
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
فلا صدق ولا صلى
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
ولكن كذب وتولى
But he denied and flouted.
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he will be left neglected (without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord Allah on him)?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?