Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
But man desires to continue in sin.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
So when vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
Faitha bariqa albasaru
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
No! There is no refuge.
كلا لا وزر
Kalla la wazara
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
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
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
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
Watatharoona alakhirata
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
Waqeela man raqin
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وظن أنه الفراق
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
And the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
Fala saddaqa wala salla
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ولكن كذب وتولى
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Awla laka faawla
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Thumma awla laka faawla
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
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
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta