Al Qiyamat

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. 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).

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

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

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

7 But when sight is confounded

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

8 And the moon is eclipsed

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

9 And sun and moon are united,

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

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

11 Kalla la wazara

11 Alas! No refuge!

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

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.

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

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

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

15 Although he tender his excuses.

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

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

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

23 Looking toward their Lord;

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

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

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

32 But he denied and flouted.

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

34 Awla laka faawla

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

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

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta

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