Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بيوم القيامة
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
But man desires to continue in sin.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
So when vision is dazzled
But when sight is confounded
فإذا برق البصر
And the moon darkens
And the moon is eclipsed
وخسف القمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And sun and moon are united,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
No! There is no refuge.
Alas! No refuge!
كلا لا وزر
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
إلى ربك يومئذ المستقر
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Even if he presents his excuses.
Although he tender his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
لا تحرك به لسانك لتعجل به
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
إن علينا جمعه وقرآنه
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
No! But you love the immediate
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
That day will faces be resplendent,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Looking at their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
إلى ربها ناظرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
وقيل من ۜ راق
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
وظن أنه الفراق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And agony is heaped on agony;
والتفت الساق بالساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
فلا صدق ولا صلى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But he denied and flouted.
ولكن كذب وتولى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then went he to his folk with glee.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
ألم يك نطفة من مني يمنى
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والأنثى
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى