Chapter 75, 40 verses
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati
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].
Wala oqsimu bialnnafsi allawwamati
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?
Ayahsabu alinsanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu
أيحسب الإنسان ألن نجمع عظامه
Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu
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.
Bal yureedu alinsanu liyafjura amamahu
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?"
Yasalu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
يسأل أيان يوم القيامة
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
So when vision is dazzled
Faitha bariqa albasaru
فإذا برق البصر
At length, when the sight is dazed,
And the moon darkens
Wakhasafa alqamaru
وخسف القمر
And the moon is buried in darkness.
And the sun and the moon are joined,
WajumiAAa alshshamsu waalqamaru
وجمع الشمس والقمر
And the sun and moon are joined together, -
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
Yaqoolu alinsanu yawmaithin ayna almafarru
يقول الإنسان يومئذ أين المفر
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
No! There is no refuge.
Kalla la wazara
كلا لا وزر
By no means! No place of safety!
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almustaqarru
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.
Yunabbao alinsanu yawmaithin bima qaddama waakhkhara
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,
Bali alinsanu AAala nafsihi baseeratun
بل الإنسان على نفسه بصيرة
Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
Even if he presents his excuses.
Walaw alqa maAAatheerahu
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.
La tuharrik bihi lisanaka litaAAjala bihi
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.
Inna AAalayna jamAAahu waquranahu
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.
Faitha qaranahu faittabiAA quranahu
فإذا قرأناه فاتبع قرآنه
But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
Thumma inna AAalayna bayanahu
ثم إن علينا بيانه
Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
No! But you love the immediate
Kalla bal tuhibboona alAAajilata
كلا بل تحبون العاجلة
Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
And leave the Hereafter.
Watatharoona alakhirata
وتذرون الآخرة
And leave alone the Hereafter.
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
Wujoohun yawmaithin nadiratun
وجوه يومئذ ناضرة
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty); -
Looking at their Lord.
Ila rabbiha nathiratun
إلى ربها ناظرة
Looking towards their Lord;
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
Wawujoohun yawmaithin basiratun
ووجوه يومئذ باسرة
And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
Tathunnu an yufAAala biha faqiratun
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
Kalla itha balaghati alttaraqiya
كلا إذا بلغت التراقي
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar - bone (in its exit),
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
Waqeela man raqin
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
Wathanna annahu alfiraqu
وظن أنه الفراق
And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
Wailtaffati alssaqu bialssaqi
والتفت الساق بالساق
And one leg will be joined with another:
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
Ila rabbika yawmaithin almasaqu
إلى ربك يومئذ المساق
That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
Fala saddaqa wala salla
فلا صدق ولا صلى
So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
Walakin kaththaba watawalla
ولكن كذب وتولى
But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
Thumma thahaba ila ahlihi yatamatta
ثم ذهب إلى أهله يتمطى
Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
Woe to you, and woe!
Awla laka faawla
أولى لك فأولى
Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Then woe to you, and woe!
Thumma awla laka faawla
ثم أولى لك فأولى
Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
Ayahsabu alinsanu an yutraka sudan
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?
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
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]
Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa
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.
FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waalontha
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?
Alaysa thalika biqadirin AAala an yuhyiya almawta
أليس ذلك بقادر على أن يحيي الموتى
Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?