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
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 self - accusing soul.
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon will be eclipsed.
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
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 the sun and the moon are brought together,
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
No! There is no refuge!
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
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
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
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
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth 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
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with 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
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
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
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
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 you love the present life,
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall 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
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
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 called the truth a lie and turned back,
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
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
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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 small seed in the seminal elements,
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the 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 able to give life to the dead?