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.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
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.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
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.
But man desires to continue in sin.
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
So when the sight becomes dazed,
So when vision is dazzled
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the moon becomes dark,
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).
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
No! There is no refuge!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
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.
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).
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
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],
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
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,
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).
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
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.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
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,
Nay! But you love the present life,
No! But you love the immediate
And neglect the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
Looking to their Lord.
Looking at their Lord.
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
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),
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
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
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
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!
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
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!
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to you, and woe!
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
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)?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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)?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
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.
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
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).
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?