Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
But man desires to continue in sin.
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man would fain deny what is before him.
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
But when sight is confounded
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon is eclipsed
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And sun and moon are united,
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Alas! No refuge!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
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.
On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Although he tender 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,
Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
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.
Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
And neglect the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
That day will faces be resplendent,
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
Looking toward their Lord;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And that day will other faces be despondent,
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And he knoweth that it is the parting;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And agony is heaped on agony;
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But he denied and flouted.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Then went he to his folk with glee.
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Nearer unto thee and nearer,
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
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.
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him a pair, the male and female.
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?