Al Qiyamat

Saheeh International

1 I swear by the Day of Resurrection

Pickthall

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

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

2 Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.

Transliteration

2 Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

Shakir

3 Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?

Transliteration

3 Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

4 Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips

Transliteration

4 Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu

Saheeh International

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

Pickthall

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

Shakir

5 Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.

Transliteration

5 Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

Transliteration

6 Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati

Saheeh International

7 So when vision is dazzled

Pickthall

7 But when sight is confounded

Shakir

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

Transliteration

7 Faitha bariqa albasaru

Saheeh International

8 And the moon darkens

Pickthall

8 And the moon is eclipsed

Shakir

8 And the moon becomes dark,

Transliteration

8 Wakhasafa alqamaru

Saheeh International

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

Pickthall

9 And sun and moon are united,

Shakir

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

Transliteration

9 WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

10 Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?

Transliteration

10 Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru

Saheeh International

11 No! There is no refuge.

Pickthall

11 Alas! No refuge!

Shakir

11 By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!

Transliteration

11 Kalla la wazara

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

Shakir

12 With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.

Transliteration

12 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

13 Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.

Transliteration

13 Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

Transliteration

14 Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun

Saheeh International

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

Pickthall

15 Although he tender his excuses.

Shakir

15 Though he puts forth his excuses.

Transliteration

15 Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

Shakir

16 Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,

Transliteration

16 La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

17 Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.

Transliteration

17 Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

18 Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.

Transliteration

18 Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

19 Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.

Transliteration

19 Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu

Saheeh International

20 No! But you love the immediate

Pickthall

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

Shakir

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

Transliteration

20 Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata

Saheeh International

21 And leave the Hereafter.

Pickthall

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

Shakir

21 And neglect the hereafter.

Transliteration

21 Watatharoona alakhirata

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

Shakir

22 (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,

Transliteration

22 Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun

Saheeh International

23 Looking at their Lord.

Pickthall

23 Looking toward their Lord;

Shakir

23 Looking to their Lord.

Transliteration

23 Ila rabbiha nathiratun

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

Shakir

24 And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,

Transliteration

24 Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

25 Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.

Transliteration

25 Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun

Saheeh International

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Pickthall

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

Shakir

26 Nay! When it comes up to the throat,

Transliteration

26 Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

27 And it is said: Who will be a magician?

Transliteration

27 Waqeela man raqin

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

Shakir

28 And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting

Transliteration

28 Wathanna annahu alfiraqu

Saheeh International

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

Pickthall

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

Shakir

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

Transliteration

29 Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

Shakir

30 To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.

Transliteration

30 Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

Shakir

31 So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,

Transliteration

31 Fala saddaqa wala salla

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

32 But he denied and flouted.

Shakir

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

Transliteration

32 Walakin kaththaba watawalla

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

Shakir

33 Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.

Transliteration

33 Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta

Saheeh International

34 Woe to you, and woe!

Pickthall

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

Shakir

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

Transliteration

34 Awla laka faawla

Saheeh International

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

Pickthall

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

Shakir

35 Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.

Transliteration

35 Thumma awla laka faawla

Saheeh International

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Pickthall

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

Shakir

36 Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?

Transliteration

36 Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan

Saheeh International

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Pickthall

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

Shakir

37 Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

Transliteration

37 Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

38 Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.

Transliteration

38 Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

39 Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

Transliteration

39 FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

40 Is not He able to give life to the dead?

Transliteration

40 Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta