Al Qiyamat

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

2 And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).

2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

3 Does man (a disbeliever) think that We shall not assemble his bones?

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

4 Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.

4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

5 Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

6 He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"

6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

7 But when sight is confounded

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

8 And the moon is eclipsed

9 And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).

9 And sun and moon are united,

10 On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"

10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

11 No! There is no refuge!

11 Alas! No refuge!

12 Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

13 On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).

13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

14 Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],

14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

15 Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).

15 Although he tender his excuses.

16 Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

17 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).

17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

18 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.

18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

19 Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).

19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

20 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,

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

22 Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

23 Looking toward their Lord;

24 And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

25 Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.

25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

26 Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),

26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

27 And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"

27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

28 And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

29 And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

30 The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

31 So he (the disbeliever) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

32 But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!

32 But he denied and flouted.

33 Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

34 Woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

35 Again, woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

36 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)?

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

37 Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?

37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

38 Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.

38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

39 And made of him two sexes, male and female.

39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

40 Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).

40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?