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.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
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
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
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.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
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,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
No! There is no refuge!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
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.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
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.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
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,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
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,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
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.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
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.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
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,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And neglect the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
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,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
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
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
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,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
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,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
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?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
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,
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
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.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
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?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta