الـقـيامـة

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

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

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

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

2 And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

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

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

3 Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

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

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

4 Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

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

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

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

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

6 He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

7 So when vision is dazzled

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

8 And the moon darkens

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 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

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

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

10 Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

11 No! There is no refuge!

11 Kalla la wazara

11 No! There is no refuge.

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

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

12 To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

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 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

13 Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

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

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

14 Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

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

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

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

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

16 Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.

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 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

17 Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

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 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

18 So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

19 Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

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 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

20 No! But you love the immediate

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

21 And leave the Hereafter.

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

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

22 [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

23 Looking at their Lord.

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

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

24 And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

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

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

25 Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

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

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

27 And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

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

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

28 And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

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

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

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

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

30 To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

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

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

31 And the disbeliever had not believed, nor had he prayed.

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

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

32 But [instead], he denied and turned away.

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

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

33 And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

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

34 Awla laka faawla

34 Woe to you, and woe!

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

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

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 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

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

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

38 Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

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

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the 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 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?