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
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We will 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
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man desires to continue in sin.
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 vision is dazzled
And the moon will be eclipsed.
وخسف القمر
And the moon darkens
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 joined,
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
No! There is no refuge!
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge.
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
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 will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
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
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even if he presents 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
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
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
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
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
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
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
No! But you love the immediate
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave the Hereafter.
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord.
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
وظن أنه الفراق
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
والتفت الساق بالساق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
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
And the had not believed, nor had he 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 [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you, and woe!
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
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 will be left neglected?
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
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 clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him two mates, 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 that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?