Chapter 75, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
But when sight is confounded
فإذا برق البصر
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the moon is eclipsed
وخسف القمر
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
And sun and moon are united,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
No! There is no refuge!
Alas! No refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
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).
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Although he tender his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
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).
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
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.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
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,
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
And neglect the Hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
That day will faces be resplendent,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
Looking toward their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
And that day will other faces be despondent,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
And agony is heaped on agony;
والتفت الساق بالساق
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
But he denied and flouted.
ولكن كذب وتولى
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Then went he to his folk with glee.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
ثم أولى لك فأولى
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)?
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى