Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man (a ) think that We shall not assemble his bones?
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
But man desires to continue in sin.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
Nay! Man (denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So he) desires to continue committing sins.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
So when vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
So, when the sight shall be dazed.
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light).
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"
No! There is no refuge.
كلا لا وزر
No! There is no refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
On that Day man will be of what he sent forward (of his evil good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds],
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make haste therewith.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
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).
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
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.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Then it is for Us (Allah) to make it clear (to you).
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
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,
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And neglect the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant).
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking at their Lord (Allah).
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And some faces, that Day, will be Basirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
Thinking that some calamity is about to fall on them.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And it will be said: "Who can cure him (and save him from death)?"
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وظن أنه الفراق
And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of parting (death);
And the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allah)!
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he (the ) neither believed (in this Qur'an and in the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) nor prayed!
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ولكن كذب وتولى
But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'an and the Message of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and turned away!
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then he walked in conceit (full pride) to his family admiring himself!
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again, woe to you [O man ()]! And then (again) woe to you!
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
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)?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
Then he became an 'Alaqah (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
And made of him two sexes, male and female.
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Is not He (Allah Who does that) Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).