Al Qiyamat

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

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

2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).

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

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

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

4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

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

6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?

7 So when vision is dazzled

7 But when sight is confounded

8 And the moon darkens

8 And the moon is eclipsed

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

9 And sun and moon are united,

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

10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

11 No! There is no refuge.

11 Alas! No refuge!

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

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

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

13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.

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

14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Although he tender his excuses.

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

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

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

17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

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

18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

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

19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.

20 No! But you love the immediate

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

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

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Looking toward their Lord;

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

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

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

25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

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

27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?

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

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

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

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

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

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

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

32 But he denied and flouted.

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

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?

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

38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

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

39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.

40 Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?