Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
Nay! 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 do call to witness the self - reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
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 cannot assemble his bones?
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
Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
But man desires to continue in sin.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
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 questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
So when vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
At length, when the sight is dazed,
So when the sight becomes dazed,
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the moon becomes dark,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
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
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
No! There is no refuge.
كلا لا وزر
By no means! No place of safety!
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
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
That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
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 will be evidence against himself,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even though he were to put up his excuses.
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
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
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
It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
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
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
Nay! But you love the present life,
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave alone the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking towards their Lord;
Looking to their Lord.
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
In the thought that some back - breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
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
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وقيل من ۜ راق
And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
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 will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
And one leg will be joined with another:
And affliction is combined with affliction;
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
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 gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ولكن كذب وتولى
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
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 did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
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 will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
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 drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
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 did he become a leech - like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
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
And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
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
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?