Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
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.
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
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?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
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
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
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.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
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?
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when vision is dazzled
So when the sight becomes dazed,
Faitha bariqa albasaru
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon darkens
And the moon becomes dark,
Wakhasafa alqamaru
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are joined,
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
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?
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
No! There is no refuge.
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
Kalla la wazara
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.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
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.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
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,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
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,
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
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.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
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.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
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.
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
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,
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And leave the Hereafter.
And neglect the hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
And leave alone the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking at their Lord.
Looking to their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
Looking towards their Lord;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
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.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
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,
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
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?
Waqeela man raqin
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
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
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;
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
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.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
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,
Fala saddaqa wala salla
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,
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
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.
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Woe to you, and woe!
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Awla laka faawla
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Then woe to you, and woe!
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Thumma awla laka faawla
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?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
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,
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
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.
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
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.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
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?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?