Chapter 75, 40 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
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 self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the moon becomes dark,
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 the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
No! There is no refuge!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
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).
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
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],
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with 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).
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
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.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
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 you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
And neglect the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وظن أنه الفراق
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
To your Lord on that day shall 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!
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
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 called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
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)?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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 small seed in the seminal elements,
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the 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 able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى