Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! 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].
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
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?
Does man think that We shall not gather 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.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very 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.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
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?"
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
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
By no means! No place of safety!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
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.
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
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,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth 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.
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
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.
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
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.
Therefore when We have recited it, 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].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave alone the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking towards their Lord;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
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
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
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
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
وظن أنه الفراق
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
And one leg will be joined with another:
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
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]
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
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.
Then He made of him two kinds, 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?
Is not He 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?