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
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
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
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
But man desires to continue in sin.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
فإذا برق البصر
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
وخسف القمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
وجمع الشمس والقمر
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
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
كلا لا وزر
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
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
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
ولو ألقى معاذيره
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
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
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
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
ثم إن علينا بيانه
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
وتذرون الآخرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
إلى ربها ناظرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
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
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
وقيل من ۜ راق
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 the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
والتفت الساق بالساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
فلا صدق ولا صلى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
ولكن كذب وتولى
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
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
ثم أولى لك فأولى
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
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
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
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
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