Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
So when vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
No! There is no refuge.
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وظن أنه الفراق
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ولكن كذب وتولى
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta