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;

1 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).

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

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

3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?

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

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

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

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

5 But man desires to continue in sin.

5 But man would fain deny what is before him.

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

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

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

6 He asks: When is the day of resurrection?

7 So when vision is dazzled

7 But when sight is confounded

7 So when the sight becomes dazed,

8 And the moon darkens

8 And the moon is eclipsed

8 And the moon becomes dark,

9 And the sun and the moon are joined,

9 And sun and moon are united,

9 And the sun and the moon are brought together,

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

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

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

11 No! There is no refuge.

11 Alas! No refuge!

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

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

12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

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

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.

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

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

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

14 Nay! man is evidence against himself,

15 Even if he presents his excuses.

15 Although he tender his excuses.

15 Though he puts forth 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 No! But you love the immediate

20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

20 Nay! But you love the present life,

21 And leave the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the Hereafter.

21 And neglect the hereafter.

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

22 That day will faces be resplendent,

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

23 Looking at their Lord.

23 Looking toward their Lord;

23 Looking to their Lord.

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

24 And that day will other faces be despondent,

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

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.

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

26 No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

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

26 Nay! When it comes 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) ?

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

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

28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;

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

29 And the leg is wound about the leg,

29 And agony is heaped on agony;

29 And affliction is combined with affliction;

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

30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

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

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

31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

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

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

32 But he denied and flouted.

32 But called the truth a lie and turned back,

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

33 Then went he to his folk with glee.

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

34 Woe to you, and woe!

34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,

34 Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,

35 Then woe to you, and woe!

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

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

36 Does man think that he will be left neglected?

36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?

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

37 Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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