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.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
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?
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
But man desires to continue in sin.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
So when vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
And the moon becomes dark,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
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?
No! There is no refuge.
كلا لا وزر
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
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.
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.
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he puts forth his excuses.
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,
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.
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.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay! But you love the present life,
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking to their Lord.
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
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.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
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
And the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
And affliction is combined with affliction;
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ولكن كذب وتولى
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
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.
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
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?
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,
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.
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.
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?