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;
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).
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We cannot assemble 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.
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.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when vision is dazzled
فإذا برق البصر
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon darkens
وخسف القمر
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and moon are joined 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?"
No! There is no refuge.
كلا لا وزر
By no means! No place of safety!
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.
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.
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Even though he were to put up 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.
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:
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):
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):
No! But you love the immediate
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And leave the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave alone the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking at their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking towards their Lord;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
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;
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),
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 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 the leg is wound about the leg,
والتفت الساق بالساق
And one leg will be joined with another:
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
ولكن كذب وتولى
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
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!
Woe to you, and woe!
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
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)?
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)?
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.
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.
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?