Al Qiyamat

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

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

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

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

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

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

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

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

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

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

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

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

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

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

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

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

7 So, when the sight shall be dazed.

7 So when vision is dazzled

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

8 And the moon will be eclipsed.

8 And the moon darkens

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

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 the sun and the moon are joined,

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

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

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

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

11 No! There is no refuge!

11 No! There is no refuge.

11 Kalla la wazara

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

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

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

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

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

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

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

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

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

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

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

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

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

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

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

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

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

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

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

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

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 No! But you love the immediate

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

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

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

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

23 Looking at their Lord (Allah).

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

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

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

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

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

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

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

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

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

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

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

27 Waqeela man raqin

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

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

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

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

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

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

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

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

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

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

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

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

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

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

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

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

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

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

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Awla laka faawla

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

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

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 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

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

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

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

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

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

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

39 And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

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 that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta