Al Qiyamat
Chapter 75, 40 verses
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Pickthall
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Saheeh International
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Shakir
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
Saheeh International
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Shakir
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
Pickthall
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Saheeh International
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Shakir
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Pickthall
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Saheeh International
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Shakir
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
Pickthall
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
Saheeh International
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Shakir
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
Pickthall
But man would fain deny what is before him.
Saheeh International
But man desires to continue in sin.
Shakir
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
Pickthall
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
Saheeh International
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Shakir
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
Pickthall
But when sight is confounded
Saheeh International
So when vision is dazzled
Shakir
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the moon will be eclipsed.
Pickthall
And the moon is eclipsed
Saheeh International
And the moon darkens
Shakir
And the moon becomes dark,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
Pickthall
And sun and moon are united,
Saheeh International
And the sun and the moon are joined,
Shakir
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
Pickthall
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
Saheeh International
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Shakir
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
No! There is no refuge!
Pickthall
Alas! No refuge!
Saheeh International
No! There is no refuge.
Shakir
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
Saheeh International
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Shakir
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).
Pickthall
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Saheeh International
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
Shakir
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
Pickthall
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Saheeh International
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Shakir
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Pickthall
Although he tender his excuses.
Saheeh International
Even if he presents his excuses.
Shakir
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
Pickthall
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
Saheeh International
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Shakir
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).
Pickthall
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
Saheeh International
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Shakir
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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.
Pickthall
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Saheeh International
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Shakir
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
Pickthall
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
Saheeh International
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Shakir
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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,
Pickthall
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
Saheeh International
No! But you love the immediate
Shakir
Nay! But you love the present life,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And neglect the Hereafter.
Pickthall
And neglect the Hereafter.
Saheeh International
And leave the Hereafter.
Shakir
And neglect the hereafter.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
Pickthall
That day will faces be resplendent,
Saheeh International
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
Pickthall
Looking toward their Lord;
Saheeh International
Looking at their Lord.
Shakir
Looking to their Lord.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
Pickthall
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Saheeh International
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Shakir
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
Pickthall
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
Saheeh International
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Shakir
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
Pickthall
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
Saheeh International
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Shakir
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
Pickthall
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
Saheeh International
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Shakir
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
Pickthall
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
Saheeh International
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
Shakir
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
Pickthall
And agony is heaped on agony;
Saheeh International
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Shakir
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
Pickthall
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
Saheeh International
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Shakir
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
Pickthall
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
Saheeh International
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Shakir
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
Pickthall
But he denied and flouted.
Saheeh International
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Shakir
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Pickthall
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Saheeh International
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Shakir
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Pickthall
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Saheeh International
Woe to you, and woe!
Shakir
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Pickthall
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Saheeh International
Then woe to you, and woe!
Shakir
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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)?
Pickthall
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Saheeh International
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Shakir
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
Pickthall
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
Saheeh International
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Shakir
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
Pickthall
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
Saheeh International
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Shakir
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
Pickthall
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Saheeh International
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Shakir
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).
Pickthall
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
Saheeh International
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Shakir
Is not He able to give life to the dead?