Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
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.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
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.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
بل يريد الإنسان ليفجر أمامه
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فإذا برق البصر
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وخسف القمر
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
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?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
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.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
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.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
ينبأ الإنسان يومئذ بما قدم وأخر
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
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,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
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.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
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.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثم إن علينا بيانه
No! But you love the immediate
Nay! But you love the present life,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
وتذرون الآخرة
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إلى ربها ناظرة
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
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.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
تظن أن يفعل بها فاقرة
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
Waqeela man raqin
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
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وظن أنه الفراق
And the leg is wound about the leg,
And affliction is combined with affliction;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
والتفت الساق بالساق
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فلا صدق ولا صلى
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
ولكن كذب وتولى
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
أولى لك فأولى
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
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?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
أيحسب الإنسان أن يترك سدى
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
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.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
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.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
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?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى