الـقـيامـة

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

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

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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

2 Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

3 Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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

4 Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

5 Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

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

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

7 But when sight is confounded

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 And the moon becomes dark,

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

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

10 Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

11 Kalla la wazara

11 Alas! No refuge!

11 By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

12 With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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

13 Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

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

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

16 Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

17 Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

18 Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

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

19 Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the hereafter.

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

22 (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Looking to their Lord.

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

24 And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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

25 Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

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

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

27 Waqeela man raqin

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

27 And it is said: Who will be a magician?

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

28 And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

30 To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

31 So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

33 Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

34 Awla laka faawla

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

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

35 Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

36 Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

37 Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

38 Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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

39 Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

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

40 Is not He able to give life to the dead?